Jul 07, 2026 City Council

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CALL TO ORDER THE 4 P.M. CLOSED SESSION ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

[A. CALL MEETING TO ORDER]

OKAY, IS THERE ANYONE? THERE'S NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANYONE ONLINE TO SPEAK TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS? THERE ARE NO PARTICIPANTS ON ZOOM AND NO ECOMMENTS FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. OKAY, COULD YOU READ OFF WHAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING IN CLOSED SESSION ITEMS F.1-F.4?

[F. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION]

COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. F.1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL FOR EXISTING LITIGATION REGARDING THE CASE OF CALIFORNIANS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP, INC. VERSUS THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH. CASE NUMBER 26STCP02197.

F.2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION REGARDING THE CASE MEHTA MECHANICAL COMPANY VERSUS THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, AND DOES 1 THROUGH 100, INCLUSIVE. CASE NUMBER, 25TRCV00677.

F.3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL FOR ANTICIPATED POTENTIAL LITIGATION.

ONE POTENTIAL CASE LETTER RECEIVED FROM THE LAW FIRM RAND PASTOR & NELSON LLP DATED JUNE 16TH, 2026. ATTACHED AS A PART OF THE AGENDA PACKET.

AND F.4. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR REGARDING PORTIONS OF REDONDO BEACH MARINA PARKING LOT AND SEASIDE LAGOON (PORTIONS OF APN NUMBER 7503-029-900 AND 7503-029-903). PORTIONS OF HARBOR DRIVE, PACIFIC AVENUE, CATALINA AVENUE, TORRANCE BOULEVARD, KNOB HILL, VISTA DEL MAR, CAMINO DE LA COSTA, GERTRUDA AVENUE, HERONDO STREET AND ESPLANADE.

OKAY, THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING TO EACH OF THESE ITEMS IN CLOSED SESSION? YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR, MYSELF, CITY ATTORNEY JOY FORD, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY CHERYL PARK WILL BE PRESENT FOR ALL OF THE MATTERS.

FOR ITEM F.1 AND F.3, WE WILL BE JOINED BY KIANA AMIRI-DAVANI, OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL.

FOR ITEM F.2, WE WILL BE JOINED BY JOSEPH RILEY AND KYLE BROCHARD, OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, ANDY WINJE AND CITY ENGINEER LAUREN SABLAN IN ATTENDANCE.

AND THEN LASTLY, FOR ITEM F.4, WE WILL BE JOINED BY ELIZABETH HAUSE, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR WELL COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR CURRENTLY.

OKAY, THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION.

MOVE TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES WILL BE BACK ON OR ABOUT 6 P.M.

TO DISCLOSE ANY DISCLOSABLE ITEMS FROM THE CLOSED SESSION AND TO START OUR NORMAL OPEN SESSION.

THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY, I'M GOING TO CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.

[G. RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION]

CAN I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER? PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT? HERE. MAYOR LIGHT? HERE. OKAY, I'M GOING TO WAIT FOR IT TO QUIET DOWN IN HERE.

OKAY. CITY MANAGER WITZANSKY, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO ANNOUNCE FROM CLOSED SESSION?

[I. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS]

THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN BACK TO OUR REGULAR MEETING? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

COULD I GET A ROLL CALL? I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE OPEN SESSION REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

[A. CALL TO ORDER]

ANYBODY OUT THERE? THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

AND NOW LET US ALL STAND FOR THE SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND THEN REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT INVOCATION AFTERWARDS.

I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MICHAEL, WHO'S GOING TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

MICHAEL, THE FLOOR IS ALL YOURS. GOOD EVENING.

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MY FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL IS LUNCH. AND I ALSO LOVE BEING ON THE VARSITY GOLF TEAM. I LOVE SERVING MY PARISH COMMUNITY IN REDONDO BEACH.

PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT INVOCATION.

OKAY. PLEASE BE SEATED. MICHAEL, GREAT JOB. COME ON UP AND GET A PICTURE WITH THE COUNCIL.

HE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB. YOU WERE THE FIRST ONE TO SAY LUNCH WAS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT.

SO. SO COME ON UP AND STAND WITH US AND WE'LL GET A PICTURE.

YOU CAN STAND UP AND GET A PICTURE OF YOUR SON.

OKAY. NOW, FAMILY, COME ON UP WITH YOUR.

THANKS FOR COMING. ONE. TWO. THREE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL DONE, MICHAEL, THANK YOU.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. SO MICHAEL ACTUALLY SPOKE AND PRESENTED A VIDEO AT MY STATE OF THE CITY.

SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MICHAEL. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.

GOOD JOB ON THE GOLF. OKAY. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO TO IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE

[D. PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/ AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS]

I DO HAVE SOME COMMENDATIONS TO PRESENT SO I'LL COME FORWARD.

OKAY.

HEY, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL THINGS WE DO AS A CITY IS RECOGNIZE THE EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT, WE ARE HONORED TO CELEBRATE MEMBERS OF THE REDONDO BEACH POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS WHO WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE SOUTH BAY MEDAL OF VALOR COMMITTEE FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. THESE AWARDS REPRESENT COURAGE, COMPASSION, LEADERSHIP AND AN UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING OTHERS. WHILE THE AWARDS THEMSELVES ARE PRESTIGIOUS.

IT IS THE STORIES BEHIND THEM THAT TRULY DEMONSTRATE WHAT THESE PUBLIC SERVANTS DO FOR US EVERY DAY.

TO SHARE THOSE STORIES OF OUR STORIES, I'VE ASKED OUR POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS TO INTRODUCE EACH AWARD AND TELL US ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING ACTIONS THAT EARN THIS WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION. SO FIRST UP, WE'LL DO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

CHIEF BUTLER, IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD AND SHARE THE STORY BEHIND THE LIFE SAVING AWARDS.

ALSO, WILL BOAT CAPTAIN CURRY, ENGINEER GRANT CURRIE, ENGINEER RYAN SHODA AND FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC JOSH HERBST.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, FIREFIGHTERS AND COPS PROBABLY ARE RUNNING A BURNING BUILDING HANDLE A VIOLENT SUSPECT, BUT THEY'RE FRIGHTENED TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC.

SO ANYHOW, WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT THESE MEMBERS HAD AT BEACH LIFE LAST YEAR THAT INVOLVED THE SAVING THE LIFE OF A WOMAN WHO WAS SUFFERING A STROKE. BEACHLIFE EVENT LAST YEAR, CAPTAIN GRANT CURRY, PARAMEDIC JOSH HERBST AND ENGINEER PARAMEDIC RYAN SHODA WE'RE WORKING THERE AS PART OF THE EMS DETAIL.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE TRAINED TO OBSERVE, ORIENT, DECIDE AND ACT.

WHEN THEY WERE THERE AT THE EVENT, THEY SAW A PERSON THAT WAS IN DISTRESS.

CAPTAIN CURRY RECOGNIZED THAT THE PERSON WAS IN DISTRESS, RECOGNIZED SOME SYMPTOMS OF CARDIAC ARREST AND STROKE, AND IMMEDIATELY GOT EVERYONE IN PLACE AND THE TEAM GOING.

SO HE OBSERVED ANY ORIENTED, WHICH IS NOW HE GETS ALL THE EQUIPMENT, HE GETS THE PERSONNEL, GET THE AMBULANCE STAGED, AND THEN THEY BEGIN TO DO INTERVENTION.

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FOLKS DIE HEART ATTACKS. AND IT WAS A REALLY SERIOUS ACUTE COMPLICATION.

BETWEEN THEIR EFFORTS. WITHIN 16 MINUTES, THAT PATIENT WAS FROM THE CONCERT TO THE HOSPITAL AT THE STROKE CENTER RECEIVING LIFE SAVING CARE.

AND TWO DAYS LATER, SHE WALKED OUT FULL RECOVERY.

THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THE TYPE OF PROFESSIONALISM.

THEY ALSO DON'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, THE COUNCIL, THE MAYOR, THE MEMBERS BECAUSE IT'S YOU FOLKS THAT SUPPORT US AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT GO OUT THERE AND LAY IT ON THE LINE, THEM AND THE POLICE OFFICERS AND ALL THE PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL THAT SERVE THESE COMMUNITIES. SO IT'S AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

I'M SUPER PROUD OF THEM. AND 16 MINUTES. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, THE PUBLIC MEASURES CONVENIENCE IN MINUTES AND FIRST RESPONDERS MEASURE SURVIVAL IN MINUTES. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE OF HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE AND THE COMMUNITIES WE HAVE THIS CALIBER OF MEMBERS WITH US.

AND IT'S JUST SUPER PROUD FOR ME AS A CHIEF TO BE AROUND.

THANKS, CHIEF. SO IT'S MY GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT, TO PRESENT A COMMENDATION TO RECOGNIZE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MYSELF AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY YOUR SERVICE AND ACTIONS IN THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT, BUT FOR ALL TIME.

SO CAPTAIN GRANT CURRY, CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU.

AND, JOSH. THANK YOU. I'M NOT. I'M NOT SHY.

THANK YOU. NO. YOU'RE FINE.

OKAY. THERE WE GO. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. YEAH, EXACTLY.

OKAY. REAL QUICK. ONE, TWO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, NOW, SHIFTING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I'D LIKE TO INVITE POLICE CHIEF STEVE SPRENGEL TO JOIN.

JOIN ME UP HERE. ALSO, WILL DETECTIVE PATRICK KNOX AND OFFICER KYLE LOFSTROM.

KYLE, COME ON FORWARD.

OKAY, CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENTS? SURE. THANK YOU MAYOR, APPRECIATE IT. AND COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGEMENT.

SO THESE OFFICERS THEY WERE HONORED THIS YEAR AT THE SOUTH BAY POLICE AND FIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION MEDAL OF VALOR EVENT. AND OUT OF 34 AWARDEES IN THE NINE SOUTH BAY CITIES FOR THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FIRE DEPARTMENT THEY WERE SELECTED.

I'LL START WITH DETECTIVE KNOX WHO HAS DEDICATED HIMSELF AND HAS BEEN LOYAL AND COMMITTED TO BEING AN INCREDIBLE, EXCEPTIONAL DETECTIVE. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT CASES LAST YEAR.

ONE INVOLVING A FOLLOW HOME ROBBERY OF A HIGH-END WATCH WHICH HE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO SOLVE THAT CRIME AND ULTIMATELY LED TO THE ARREST OF A VIOLENT AND I'M SORRY, A VIOLENT AND CAREER CRIMINAL. SO ANOTHER CASE WAS A ATTEMPTED KIDNAPING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO SOLVE THROUGH HIS DILIGENT WORK AND INCREDIBLE WORK THAT HE DOES AS A DETECTIVE.

SO HE DOESN'T GIVE UP AND HE KEEPS WORKING HARD AND IT'S INCREDIBLE WORK.

OFFICER KYLE LOFSTROM, WE ALL KNOW HIM AS OFFICER KYLE.

HE WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS INCREDIBLE WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ALL THE WORK THAT HE DOES HAVING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR SUCCESS AS AN ORGANIZATION.

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THROUGH HIS BLOOD DRIVES THROUGH COFFEE WITH A COP OUR COMMUNITY FAIRS AND EVERYTHING THAT HE DOES TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE IT. SO THEY WERE BOTH RECOGNIZED WITH THE SUSTAINED SUPERIORITY AWARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ONCE AGAIN, IT'S MY HONOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MYSELF AND THE RESIDENTS OF REDONDO BEACH, TO PRESENT YOU BOTH WITH THESE COMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR SUSTAINED, SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU WORE YOUR PANTS TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DETECTIVE KNOX. WELL DONE.

YOU'RE MY HERO. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATS.

SHOULD I HAND HIM YOUR APPLICATION? RIGHT. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION HONORS OFFICERS WHOSE ACTIONS EXEMPLIFY OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

WILL SERGEANT JONATHAN KEENER, OFFICER SABRINA SELMY AND OFFICER JASMINE WOODS PLEASE COME FORWARD NOW? CHIEF, YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THEIR AWARD? THANK YOU. SO LAST YEAR THESE OFFICERS RESPONDED ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICERS TO A HOUSE FIRE, AND THE HOME WAS FULLY ENGULFED. UPON THEIR ARRIVAL, THEY FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE STILL INSIDE.

SO WITHOUT HESITATION, THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO THE BACK, BUT THEY HAD TO UTILIZE THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD BECAUSE THE FLAMES HAD COME OUT OF THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND IT MADE ACCESS TO THE HOUSE IMPOSSIBLE THROUGH THE FRONT.

THEY WENT DOWN THE NEIGHBOR'S YARD, JUMPED OVER A FENCE, AND THEN WERE ABLE TO EVACUATE AN ELDERLY COUPLE AND THEIR GRANDSON THAT WERE STILL INSIDE. BUT UPON EXITING THE BACK OF THE RESIDENCE, THEY ARE UNABLE TO GET BACK DOWN THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

SO THEY ENDED UP BREAKING THROUGH THE FENCE AND THEN GETTING THEM OUT TO SAFETY.

SO THEY WERE RECOGNIZED THIS YEAR WITH THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THEM.

SO FOR YET ANOTHER TIME TONIGHT, I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THESE COMMENDATIONS TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO YOU KNOW, FIGHT SO VALIANTLY FOR OUR SAFETY. SO APPRECIATE IT.

SO JONATHAN, THIS ONE IS YOURS. AND, JASMINE.

CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS.

AND WE HAVE ONE MORE. LAST ONE TO GO TONIGHT.

CHIEF BUTLER, COULD YOU COME BACK DOWN? SORRY. I PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE THIS MORE EFFICIENTLY.

WE'D ALSO LIKE TO CALL DOWN HARBOR MASTER CURT MAHONEY.

AND THIS IS FOR A SUSTAINED SUPERIORITY AWARD.

MAYOR. CAPTAIN CURT MAHONEY. FIRST OF ALL, HE RETIRES IN AUGUST. AND SO I WANT TO THANK HIM AND I'M SURE THE COMMUNITY FOR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE FIRE SERVICE.

SO I START WITH THAT. FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY GET CLASSES OR POLICE DEPARTMENT. OTHERS THEY KNOW KENT MAHONEY FIRST NAME.

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AND WHAT I WANT TO SHARE ABOUT HIM IS THAT HIS DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY, IS BEYOND BELIEF FOR ME, THE TIME AND EFFORT HE PUTS IN. CPR TRAINING, CERT TRAINING AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF HE DOES FOR HERE, THE KIDS, COMMUNITY AND TEAM SPORTS. BUT SPECIFICALLY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024, I ASKED KAT MAHONEY IF HE WOULD CONSIDER BEING THE HARBOR MASTER AS A POSITION THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH A PILOT PROGRAM BY THE COUNCIL AND THE SUPPORT.

AND HE SAID HE'D GET BACK TO ME, WHICH IT'S THAT'S.

YEAH, ON ONE HAND, I WAS LIKE, OKAY. AND SECONDLY, I WAS LIKE, THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO THINKS THINGS THROUGH.

AND HE TOOK THE CHALLENGE. HE THEN STAYED ON FULL TIME AS A HARBOR MASTER AND MADE UNBELIEVABLE PROGRESS THERE AND REALLY SET THE FOUNDATION. I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH FOR SUPPORT.

THE FUN TIMES, THE CAMARADERIE. HE WOULD TRY TO KEEP ME HUMBLE ALL THE TIME.

AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS HE SET THE FOUNDATION FOR NOW.

THE NEW WATERFRONT IS BEING KIND OF REORGANIZED, AND I THINK IT'LL REALLY DOVETAIL WITH THE NEW MODEL WE HAVE.

SO KURT PERSONALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FRIENDSHIP AND THE LEADERSHIP.

I KNOW THE FOLKS THAT YOU WORK WITH ARE GOING TO BE SAD TO SEE YOU GO.

I'M SURE THE PHYSICAL FITNESS HE'S THE PHYSICAL FITNESS INSTRUCTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT, I'M SURE THEY'LL CONTINUE.

AND I'M SURE YOU'LL COME BACK AND STILL KICK THEIR BUTT AT WHATNOT.

BUT ANYHOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT, I APPRECIATE IT AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.

THANK YOU SIR. SO THIS IS BITTERSWEET FOR ME.

YOU STEPPED INTO A ROLE OF HARBOR MASTER, WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, THE WHOLE HARBOR.

AND THAT HAD BEEN VACANT FOR OVER WELL OVER A DECADE.

SO STEPPING INTO THAT AND SHOWING LEADERSHIP AND PULLING THINGS BACK TOGETHER INTO WHAT THE FORMER GLORY OF WHAT THE HARBOR PATROL USED TO BE.

I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THERE IN THIS SHORT TIME.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. AND SO ON BEHALF ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MYSELF AND THE RESIDENTS OF REDONDO BEACH, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS COMMENDATION FOR YOUR SUSTAINED SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOTTA GET THE PICTURE FIRST. OH, YEAH. FIRST.

OUT OF ORDER.

SORRY. ONE. TWO. THREE. CAN YOU STAND UP? THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO MISS YOU GUYS. YEAH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH. SO JUST IN CLOSING, MYSELF AND MANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THIS YEAR, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ATTEND THIS MEDAL OF VALOR DINNER. LUNCHEON EVERY YEAR. AND WHAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN, AND THIS IS MY THIRD ONE NOW IS REDONDO BEACH REALLY GETS A LOT OF THESE AWARDS FOR THE SIZE OF OUR TOWN. AND THAT'S, BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION AND SERVICE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ACROSS THE BOARD.

SO THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE WON THE AWARDS TONIGHT, BUT THANK YOU TO ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? OKAY, WE'LL GET GOING. SO THE OUT OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS, YOU'LL SEE AN ITEM D.2 THERE. CONGRESSMAN TED LIEU COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT, SO WE WILL RESCHEDULE THAT ONE.

GOING BACK TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND AB 1234 TRAVEL EXPENSE REPORTS.

I'LL START. I ATTENDED THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT CITY SELECT COMMITTEE, AND WE RATIFIED COUNCIL MEMBER PAIGE KALUDEROVIC AS OUR REPRESENTATIVE TO LACAHSA. AND I'M SURE YOU'LL REPRESENT US WELL.

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THAT WAS A GREAT TIME AND WELL ATTENDED. IT'S GROWING EVERY YEAR IN ATTENDANCE.

LAST WEEK I WENT TO THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETING.

THERE WE PASSED SB 79 RELUCTANTLY. IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAD TO VOTE ON IT, BUT THERE WAS NOT A CHOICE IN THE VOTE, SO. SB 79 IS, MAP IS NOW FORMALLY COMPLETED BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS.

I DID LEARN SOME THINGS THERE, WHICH I'LL BRING UP UNDER REFERRALS TO STAFF LATER.

GOT HAD THE HONOR OF STARTING THE JULY 4TH, FIVE K DOWN IN RIVIERA VILLAGE.

THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND GOT TO EAT AT MARTHA'S IN THE MORNING.

SO THAT WAS MY FIRST TRIP TO MARTHA'S IN REDONDO, AND ATTENDED FIREWORKS THAT EVENING.

AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I FELT LIKE THIS WAS THE MOST SPECTACULAR FIREWORKS I'VE SEEN IN REDONDO.

IT WAS TRULY IMPRESSIVE. I ALSO GOT TO MEET WITH AN ARTIST, JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD, WHO CONTACTED US ABOUT DOING A MURAL IN OUR CITY.

YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW THE NAME, BUT YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE AN EXAMPLE OF HIS ART.

IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN THE ENDLESS SUMMER POSTER FROM THE OLD SURF MOVIE ENDLESS SUMMER, THAT IS WHAT STARTED JOHN AND IN THE BIG ARTISTS CAREER.

SO HE'S VERY INTERESTED IN DOING A MURAL FOR US.

HE HAS NOT TOLD US THE COST YET, THOUGH. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO ANNOUNCE.

WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. ANYTHING ON YOUR END? YES. I HAVE A AB 1234 ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH IS AN EXPENDITURE MADE FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL EVENT.

THE DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE PUBLICLY THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE COUNCIL.

AND I DID HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK IS THE 104TH BIRTHDAY OF REDONDO BEACH RESIDENT VIOLA O'NEILL, WHO I KNOW THE MAYOR REMEMBERS FROM LAST YEARS COMMENDATION FOR HER 103RD BIRTHDAY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS O'NEILL AND TO HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO CONTINUE TO SPEND TIME WITH HER AND BRING THESE TO OUR ATTENTION, INCLUDING MISS DEBORAH THOMAS. THANK YOU.

OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. JUST THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT AND I HAD OUR BUDGET RECAP MEETING VIRTUALLY LAST NIGHT AFTER THE U.S.

WORLD CUP GAME. AND I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF ALSO ON THE FABULOUS FIREWORKS SHOW THAT WAS ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

WE REALLY MY FAMILY ENJOYED THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A GREAT JOB.

AND THANK YOU TO HARBOR PATROL FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR KEEPING THAT SAFE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

YES, I WILL ALSO BE ATTENDING THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

SO THERE WILL BE AN EXPENSE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

THAT'S AVAILABLE IN OUR COUNCIL ASSISTANCE OFFICE.

AND THE LAST EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS ALIGNMENT, WHICH IS THROUGH L.A.

COUNTY. I WAS ELECTED CHAIR TO BE I WAS ELECTED TO BE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.

REALLY HOPING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE SUCCESS OF REDONDO BEACH AND BRING SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED IN THE OUTCOMES THAT WE HAVE HERE COUNTYWIDE.

THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IF WE CAN DO THAT.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA IS COMING BACK TO REDONDO BEACH.

IT WILL BE FRIDAY, JULY 24TH AT VETERANS PARK.

AND THEY'RE TEAMING UP WITH MADE BY MEG, WHO'S THE CONCESSIONAIRE FROM VETERANS, EXCUSE ME, THE HISTORIC LIBRARY THERE, AND YOU CAN GET YOUR PICNIC FROM HER.

THERE ARE THERE'S A LITTLE HAPPY HOUR BEFORE THE SHOW STARTING AT 5:30 ON THE WEST LAWN.

AND THEN THE SHOW STARTS AT SEVEN. PLEASE BRING A BLANKET AND A LOW BACK CHAIR.

AND THEN SATURDAY WILL BE THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON AT DOMINGUEZ PARK.

SO THAT'S JULY 25TH, SATURDAY. AND THE PICNICS, YOU CAN PURCHASE A PICNIC FROM MICHAELS, WHICH IS A GREAT NORTH REDONDO NONPROFIT. AND DONATIONS WILL BE A PORTION OF THAT SALE WILL BE GOING TOWARDS SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA.

SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU AT ONE OF THOSE SHOWS. AND THEY CALL THOSE LUNCH.

THE LUNCHES. BART. BART BITES. YES, YES. ALL IN KEEPING WITH THE THEME.

AND THE SHOW THIS YEAR IS MACBETH AT BOTH LOCATIONS.

AND THEN LASTLY IN HONOR OF OUR SUSTAINED SUPERIORITY AWARDEE, KYLE LOFSTROM, THERE WILL BE A BLOOD DRIVE JULY 15TH. AND HE NEEDS 150 UNITS SO EVERYONE HERE COULD SIGN UP AND THEN BRING FOUR FRIENDS.

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THANK YOU. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. JUST A FEW THINGS.

I ATTENDED THE RIVIERA VILLAGE ASSOCIATION SUMMERFEST, THE VERY POPULAR ANNUAL EVENT IN THE RIVIERA.

AND THAT WAS WELL ATTENDED THIS YEAR, ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR. I ALSO ATTENDED THE PRIDE PADDLE AT THE KING HARBOR YACHT CLUB, AS WELL AS THE KING HARBOR ASSOCIATION MONTHLY MEETING ON THE FIRST AND WAS AT THE START OF THE JULY 4TH, 5K DOWN IN THE RIVIERA. AND THAT WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI COMMENT TO CITY STAFF THAT I RECEIVED SEVERAL EMAILS ABOUT THE FIREWORKS SHOW THAT THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR WAS VERY, VERY GOOD. SO JUST WANTED TO PASS ALONG THOSE CONGRATULATORY REMARKS TO STAFF.

YEP. AND THAT'S IT. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SINCE IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE THE LAST MEETING I ATTENDED, THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BOARD MEETING.

THE HIGHLIGHT WAS HONORING OUTGOING CHAIR BERNADETTE SUAREZ.

RIVIERA SUMMER FESTIVAL WAS THREE DAYS OF SHOPPING, EATING, AND MUSIC, AND A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE AMATEUR RADIO, ARRL. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.

THE FIELD DAY. IT'S A YEARLY HAM RADIO EXERCISE AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

I WENT TO WILDERNESS PARK AND MET THE HUGHES AMATEUR RADIO CLUB.

I WENT TO A PARK IN TORRANCE WHERE I MET THE SOUTH BAY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB, AND I DROVE UP TO THE TOP OF PALOS VERDES AT SOLEADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE I MET THE PALOS VERDES AMATEUR RADIO CLUB.

AND I HAVE TO FIND OUT OF THE HUGHES CLUB WHERE THEY KEEP THEIR TRAILER WITH THEIR ANTENNA TO SEE WHERE THAT IS.

BUT THE PALOS VERDES ONE KEEPS THEIRS AT CITY HALL.

SO IF YOU GO TO ALL THREE OF THOSE, ARE YOU OFFICIALLY A HAM? YEAH, WELL, I DID GET ONLINE AND I MADE TWO CONTACTS, SO I THINK I ACTUALLY AM.

ALSO ATTENDED THE SIXTH ANNUAL PRIDE PADDLE AND LUNCH.

IT WAS GREAT GETTING OUT ON THE WATER IN CAPTAIN JAKE'S ELECTRIC DUFFY BOAT, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI AND DAUGHTER.

WENT TO THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR ROCKET FITNESS.

THEY'VE BEEN IN THE VILLAGE FOR 16 YEARS, BUT THEY ARE A NEW CHAMBER MEMBER.

COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, THEY SORT OF NEVER GOT AROUND TO JOINING THE CHAMBER.

SO IT'S A NEW THING, NEW, NEW, BUT NOT NEW BUSINESS.

CITY SCHOOL SUBCOMMITTEE MET. WE GOT UPDATES ON BOND ACTIVITIES FROM RBUSD SITES, TALKED ABOUT THE CITY'S FP BOND STATUS, E-BIKES ON CAMPUSES AND SAFETY INITIATIVES, PRIVACY SCREEN IMPACT ON SITE LINES, PROPERTY SURVEYS, AND ELECTRONIC SIGN RESTRICTIONS IN THE CITY.

ATTENDED THE CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.

THE HIGHLIGHTS THERE INCLUDE THE REXFORD TWO SOLAR BATTERY FACILITY, ITS 200MW OF SOLAR POWER AND 200MW OF BATTERY STORAGE.

ALSO SIGNED CLAREMONT COLLEGE. THEY'D OPTED OUT OF CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE AND JUST SIGNED THEM TO A THREE YEAR, 100% GREEN OPTION. THEY'RE GOING TO ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 63 GIGAWATT HOURS OF THE ANNUAL LOAD, WHICH WOULD PUT THEM IN THE TOP TEN OF CUSTOMERS FOR CLEAN POWER ALLIANCE.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN MIGHT BE AN OPTION TO WORK ON TO SEE IF WE CAN BRING THEM ON, UNLESS THEY'RE TOO LARGE.

THERE ARE LIMITS ON HOW LARGE SOMEBODY CAN BE.

ALSO ATTENDED THE JULY 4TH, 5K AND HAD A GREAT BREAKFAST AT MARTHA'S.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THEN COMING UP, I WILL BE AT THE ICA SUMMER SEMINAR THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS CASTLE AND OBAGI. SOUTH BAY GREEK FESTIVAL STARTS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

RUNS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING AT SAINT CATHERINE'S ON NOB HILL.

THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF REDONDO BEACH OPENS ITS HISTORIC HOME AT 400 SOUTH BROADWAY, RIGHT ACROSS FROM FIRE STATION NUMBER 1ST JULY 13TH, 1 TO 3 P.M. FOR AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL. CRUISING AT THE LAGOON EVERY FRIDAY, 3 TO 6 P.M.

IN THE HARBOR PARKING LOT. AND LIVE MUSIC AT THE PIER THURSDAY AND SATURDAYS THIS SUMMER.

THAT'S IT. OKAY, AND THAT REMINDED ME I DID A RIBBON CUTTING AS WELL AT THE OPTIMIST REFURBISHED THEIR FACILITY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TORRANCE BOULEVARD.

THEY DID THE GRAND OPENING OF THAT. THEY'RE CONCENTRATING MORE SERVICES HERE IN REDONDO.

SO PEOPLE CAN GET MEDICAL SERVICES YOU KNOW, IN ONE LOCATION.

THEY HAVE TWO, TWO SPOTS ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THEY INVESTED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THAT. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT INVESTMENT IN OUR CITY.

THE BUILDING LOOKS MUCH BETTER. OKAY, WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO ITEM E.

[E. APPROVE ORDER OF AGENDA]

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SO NOW WE'LL BE GOING INTO AGENCY RECESS TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY.

[F. AGENCY RECESS]

SO COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECESS TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY? MOVE TO RECESS TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY.

SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I'M CALLING TO ORDER THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY.

COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MEMBER WALLER? PRESENT. MEMBER CASTLE? HERE. MEMBER KALUDEROVIC? HERE. MEMBER OBAGI? HERE. MEMBER BEHRENDT? HERE.

AND CHAIRMAN LIGHT? HERE. DO WE HAVE ANY BLUE FOLDER ITEMS? NOT FOR THIS AGENCY. OKAY, WE'VE GOT A CONSENT CALENDAR WITH FOUR ITEMS ON IT.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? OKAY, SEEING NONE, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR IN ITS TOTALITY.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE.

DOES ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY ON ITEM C.1 THROUGH C.4 OF THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY AGENDA? OKAY. I SEE NO ONE COMING UP IN THE AUDIENCE.

ANYONE ONLINE? NONE ONLINE AND NO ECOMMENTS FOR THE RECORD.

OKAY, SO I WILL CALL THE VOTE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM C.1 THROUGH C.4.

ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

JUMPING DOWN TO ITEM E, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THIS IS JUST FOR THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY.

DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY? OKAY, I SEE NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. ANYONE ONLINE? NOT ONLINE, AND NO ECOMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. OKAY.

SO JUMPING DOWN TO ITEM J. DOES ANY MEMBER OF THE AUTHORITY WISH TO MAKE A REFERRAL TO STAFF? NO. OKAY, SEEING NONE I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN BACK TO OUR REGULAR OPEN SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THE NEXT MEETING OF THE REDONDO BEACH COMMUNITY FINANCING AUTHORITY WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD AT 6 P.M.

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2026, RIGHT HERE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

SO NOW WE'RE RETURNING BACK TO THE OPEN CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.

COULD I GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER? PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT? HERE. MAYOR LIGHT? HERE. OKAY, JUMPING TO ITEM G ON THE OPEN SESSION AGENDA.

[G. BLUE FOLDER ITEMS - ADDITIONAL BACK UP MATERIALS]

WE HAVE NUMEROUS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND THAT'S IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COULD I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE IN A SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES.

NOW WE'RE JUMPING DOWN TO ITEM H, WHICH IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[H. CONSENT CALENDAR]

MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. SECOND.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON H.1 THROUGH H.16? OKAY, WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. SO WHAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE AUDIENCE UNDERSTANDS IS WE'RE UNDER NEW RULES TONIGHT BASED ON THE BROWN ACT.

SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING IS FLIP FLOPPING BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND PEOPLE WHO ARE ONLINE.

WE'LL START WITH THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE WILL GO THROUGH THE CARDS FIRST.

AND THE PEOPLE ONLINE WILL BE ONLINE WILL BE BASED ON THE ORDER THEY DIALED IN.

SO FIRST I HAVE JOAN IRVINE. ACTUALLY JOAN IRVINE IS SPEAKING ON TEN.

I THINK THERE'S THREE OF THEM THERE FOR. YOU'RE ON ALL THREE, SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS ALL THREE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. JOAN IRVINE, DISTRICT ONE. FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE

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HAVING BEEN A RUNNER IN THE PAST, I KNOW HOW CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED I WAS AT CERTAIN TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN I WAS TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHEN I WAS RUNNING, THAT I WAS RUNNING BY MYSELF. AND I ALWAYS HAD TO MAKE SURE I WAS CAREFUL ABOUT WHEN I WAS RUNNING. SO THAT'S GREAT.

AND THE MONEY IT'S BRINGING INTO THE CITY, AND I'M HOPING THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ONLY LIKE A ONE TIME DEAL IN GENERAL.

SO I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE SUCH A GREAT TIME THAT WE GET IT BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

AS FAR AS H.13, I'M ABOUT THE SPEED BUMPS ON F.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN I WAS CAMPAIGNING IS THE PEOPLE WHO WERE LIVING ON THAT STREET WERE VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM PV WILL CUT DOWN F TO GET TO PCH AND GET TO THE BEACH.

SO THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN. SO I REALLY SUPPORT THEM HAVING THE UNITS TO STOP, SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC.

AND THEN ALSO ON H.15 TALKING ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING HELPING WITH THE VILLAGE AS FAR AS NOT HAVING NOT INCREASING THE FEES AND DECREASING THE FEES.

THE SUMMER FESTIVAL IS SO, SO IMPORTANT. I MEAN, IT'S, I MEAN, IT WAS AMAZING AND JUST WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE WITH THAT.

AND IT'S A WAY A COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER. YOU SEE PEOPLE YOU ONLY SEE A FEW TIMES A YEAR.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S TALKING. I MEAN, IT'S DANCING, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD, AND THE LOCAL BANDS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO SUPPORT THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND PLUS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THE HOLIDAY STROLL AND THE HALLOWEEN STROLL.

THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT GIVE US A REASON TO GET TOGETHER.

AND SOMETIMES YOU ONLY SEE PEOPLE AT THESE THINGS.

I MEAN, I SEE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE I SEE ONCE A YEAR OR TWICE A YEAR.

AND SO IT WAS JUST ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. SO PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE IT UP AND IT'S NOT OUTPRICED.

SO THAT VENDORS DON'T COME BACK OR THAT THEY CAN'T DO IT AGAIN.

SO THANK YOU ALL THAT. AND I STILL HAVE LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT.

WELL DONE. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE? YES, I HAVE DARRYL BOYD.

GO AHEAD DARRYL. DARRYL BOYD. DISTRICT THREE, 39 YEAR RESIDENT, 33 YEAR TAXPAYING RESIDENT.

I'M SOUTH BAY RESIDENT. I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY MANAGER MIKE WITZANSKY FOR MEETING WITH ME, MARK NELSON AND DAVE MONAHAN ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST AT 500 TO 600 NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE.

WE WALKED THE STREET AND THE NORTH PROSPECT. DARRYL EXCUSE ME, IS THIS PERTAINING TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I THOUGHT THIS WAS NON-AGENDA. NO, NO, NO, WE'RE IN CONSENT CALENDAR.

EXCUSE ME. OKAY. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE WISH TO SPEAK TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? ANYONE ELSE ONLINE? I HAVE NO ONE ELSE ONLINE.

I DO HAVE FOR ECOMMENTS FOR H.8, I HAVE ONE THAT'S NEUTRAL.

H.10 ONE OPPOSES. H.12, 1 SUPPORT AND ONE OPPOSE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI YOU WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? YES. QUICK COMMENT. I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK COMMUNITY SERVICES OR SUPER DIRECTOR ELIZABETH HAUSE FOR HER WORK ON THIS NIKE AFTER DARK RUN.

IT'S THE FIRST EVER EVENT IN REDONDO BEACH. IT TOOK A LOT OF COORDINATION AND WORKING WITH OTHER CITIES TO BRING IT HERE AND LAND IT HERE.

OTHERWISE, IT WASN'T GOING TO WORK OUT. THEY NEED 13 MILES OF TERRAIN RIGHT TO ROUTE THE COURSE THROUGH.

SO GREAT WORK DIRECTOR HAUSE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO REDONDO BEACH.

OKAY, WITH THAT I WILL CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO H.8. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2607-048.

A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL CITY, REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, PROCLAIMING SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2026, AS OPEN WATER SWIM DAY IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH IN SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL SWIM THE AVENUES WATER SPORTS EVENT TO BE HELD IN THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH COASTAL WATERS AND IN APPRECIATION OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES EFFORT TO PERMIT THE EVENT AND PROVIDE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.

H.11. INTRODUCTION BY TITLE ONLY ORDINANCE NUMBER 3313-26.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 3, CHAPTER 6, SECTION 3-6.03 OF THE REDONDO BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO PARKING METER, HOURLY RATES FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING.

H.12. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2607-049.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AMENDING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR PARKING VIOLATIONS REGARDING VIOLATIONS OF PARKING RESTRICTIONS DURING VARIOUS HOURS FOR STREET SWEEPING TO INCREASE THE TOTAL PENALTY AMOUNT FROM $55 TO $79.

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A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL, CITY REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING A FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 BUDGET MODIFICATION TO APPROPRIATE 260,000 FROM THE SOUTH BAY CITIES COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

COUNTY ALLOCATED LOCAL SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDS TO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL GRANT FUNDS FOR THE SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY SRO AND MOTEL BEDS.

I HAVE TWO MORE. H.16 ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2607-050.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL BOOK OF CLASS SPECIFICATIONS BY CREATING THE POSITION OF WATERFRONT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2607-051.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE OF CITY REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE OFFICIAL BOOK OF CLASS SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO NOW DARYL WILL BE GOING TO ITEM J. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS.

[J. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS]

I DO HAVE CARDS, SO WE'LL START WITH SCOTT CROWELL, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE ONLINE FOLKS.

SCOTT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SCOTT CROWELL FROM DISTRICT ONE.

I'M HERE TO FOLLOW UP ON THE SAFETY ISSUE AT AVENUE G AND PALOS VERDES BOULEVARD, WHICH I FIRST REPORTED IN 2008, IN WHICH I SPOKE ABOUT IT YEAR, JUNE 16TH MEETING.

THE CONDITIONS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME FOR 16 YEARS.

ROLLING STOPS AT AVENUE F, VEHICLES ACCELERATING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION, UNSAFE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.

IN 2023, I SUBMITTED A FORMAL REQUEST FOR AN ALWAYS STOP.

THE CITY MAILED SURVEYS TO 101 UNITS, MOST OF THEM APARTMENTS ADDRESSED GENERICALLY TO RESIDENT.

APARTMENT UNITS NOT ACTIVELY INTERACTING WITH THE CITY AT THAT TIME, SUCH AS PAYING FEES OR RENEWING PARKING PERMITS.

THIS TYPE OF MAIL IS OFTEN DISREGARDED, WHICH LIKELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE LOW RESPONSE RATE.

EVEN SO, THE DETAILED AWS RESPONSE TABLE SHOWS 100% SUPPORT AMONG THOSE WHO RESPONDED.

THE CITY SUMMARY SHOWS 95% SUPPORT OVERALL, 21 IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.

THE ONE OPPOSED APPEARS ONLY IN THE SUMMARY TOTALS DOES NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE IN THE IN THE DETAILED GRID.

DESPITE THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT, THE REQUEST WAS CLOSED WITHOUT A SAFETY EVALUATION, WITHOUT AN ENGINEERING STUDY, AND WITHOUT A PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION HEARING AND WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL HEARING.

THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT RESPONSE I RECEIVED ON JUNE 24TH CONFIRMS THAT NONE OF THOSE REQUIRED STEPS OCCURRED AND NO RADIUS MAP EXISTS.

THAT THE SURVEY AREA WAS EXPANDED BEYOND THE 150 FOOT STANDARD, AND THAT THE REQUEST WAS CLOSED PREMATURELY.

IN 2025 I SENT 14 FOLLOW UP EMAILS, 13 RECEIVED NO RESPONSES.

ON MAY 28TH, I EMAILED CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, CITY ENGINEER, TRAFFIC ENGINEER, MY COUNCIL MEMBER.

I RECEIVED NO REPLY FOR 19 DAYS. THEN ON JUNE 16TH, I'M SORRY.

JUNE 17TH, COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER EMAILED ME PRIVATELY.

I WAS THE ONLY RECIPIENT AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HE DROPPED THE BALL AND THAT NO ENGINEERING STUDY WAS EVER PERFORMED.

HE THEN INSTRUCTED ME TO REDO THE CITY'S AWS SURVEY MYSELF, WRITING, QUOTE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REPEAT THE SURVEY PROCESS MANUALLY IN SEVERAL LYING ON THE CITY TO MAIL IT, YOU CAN DIRECTLY CONTACT THESE RESIDENTS, END QUOTE.

THAT DIRECTION CONTRADICTS CITY POLICY AND BASIC MUNICIPAL LIABILITY STANDARDS.

AWS SURVEYS ARE CITY RUN PROCESS. ASKING THE RESIDENT TO COLLECT OFFICIAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DATA AND CANVASS APARTMENT BUILDINGS RAISES PRIVACY, ACCESS AND SAFETY CONCERNS. ANY RESIDENT GENERATED DATA WOULD BE UNVERIFIED AND NOT LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE.

IT ALSO CREATES PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR ME. IF I WERE INJURED WHILE CANVASING.

I WOULD HAVE BEEN ACTING AT THE DIRECTION OF A COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT WITHOUT CITY INSURANCE OR AUTHORIZATION.

I HAVE ANOTHER PACKET TO SUBMIT TO THE CITY CLERK TONIGHT, SO THE RECORD REMAINS COMPLETE.

MY REQUEST IS SIMPLE PLEASE DIRECT STAFF TO AGENDIZE THIS ITEM FOR FULL SAFETY EVALUATION.

THANK YOU SIR. YOUR TIME IS UP. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

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OKAY. SO. DARRYL BOYD. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. ONCE AGAIN.

DARRYL BOYD DISTRICT 3, 39 YEAR RESIDENT, 33 YEAR TAXPAYING.

RESIDENT, LIFETIME SOUTHBAY RESIDENT. WANTED TO THANK CITY MANAGER MIKE WITZANSKY FOR MEETING WITH ME, MARK NELSON AND DAVE MONAHAN ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 1ST, 500 TO 600 NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE.

WE WALKED THE STREET AND THE NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE MEDIAN, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME LANDSCAPE CORRECTIONS AND THE TREES INSTALLED THAT WERE PROMISED TO US BUT WERE NEVER DELIVERED. NECESSARY TRAFFIC CALMING SAFETY AND NOISE UPGRADES WERE ALSO DISCUSSED, AND WE HOPE TO SEE ACTION TAKEN ON THOSE ITEMS AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU MIKE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAD TO GO THIS ROUTE, BUT SINCE OUR DISTRICT THREE COUNCIL MEMBER, GHOST KALUDEROVIC DOESN'T REPRESENT ANYONE IN DISTRICT THREE ON IMPORTANT QUALITY OF LIFE AND PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES BEFORE HERSELF, AND JIM LIGHT HAS REFUSED TO MEET WITH US AND WALK THE STREET.

AND THE PROJECT THAT HE INTERFERED IN AS HIS EGO IS IN THE WAY.

THIS WAS THE ONLY OPTION LEFT. RESIDENTS ARE WAKING UP TO THE HONESTY, TRANSPARENCY, PROPER DISCLOSURE, LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONDUCT PROBLEMS OF THIS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

ALL VERY QUESTIONABLE RIGHT NOW WITH THIS GROUP THAT SEEMS TO OPERATE MORE LIKE THE SHADY BUNCH THAN A RESPECTABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL SHOULD.

THE OPTICS ARE TERRIBLE. THE LACK OF RESPECT FOR THE VOICES OF RESIDENTS.

WHEN WE TELL YOU WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE EXPECT FROM YOU WHEN RESIDENTS DISAGREE WITH YOU, YOU PUT THEM DOWN, LAUGH AND SCOFF AT THEM. WE CAN ALL SEE IT.

THE DISRESPECT TOWARDS LONG TIME RESIDENTS LIKE ME AND MY FAMILY, WHO HAVE MADE DECADES OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS CITY ONLY TO BE PERSONALLY ATTACKED, BELITTLED AND LIED ABOUT BY TYRANT JIM LIGHT IN RETALIATION FOR STANDING UP AGAINST HIM IN RESIDENTIAL MATTERS, HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR LYING TO ME, THE RESIDENTS ON MY STREET AND MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE MAYOR SHOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF PROPER PERSONAL, LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONDUCT.

BUT JIM LIGHT BREAKS THE LAW BY DELETING POSTS FROM HIS CITY GOVERNMENT FACEBOOK PAGE, VIOLATING THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT, AND VIOLATING THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

FOR SOME REASON, HE'S NOT HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND FACES NO CONSEQUENCES.

DO YOU CONDONE THIS ACTIVITY? CITY ATTORNEY JOY FORD.

IN UPCOMING SESSIONS LET'S GET INTO THE MANY STONEWALL PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, LIKE THE MAYOR'S SIDE DEALS FOR CAR SHOW CONTRACTS TO NON RESIDENTS THAT WEREN'T OFFERED TO ME. THE MAYOR'S UNDISCLOSED TRAVELS TO JAPAN WITH THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT DIRECTOR.

HIS TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, D.C., WHO PAID FOR THE TRAVEL, THE EXPENSES, WHO ELSE TRAVELED WITH HIM.

OR BEACHLIFE TICKETS THAT THE MAYOR REFUSES TO PROVE HE PAID FOR.

THE DISBANDING OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION.

WATER POLO. POSSIBLE ILLEGAL MEDICAL BENEFITS NOT REIMBURSED BY A CERTAIN.

HEY, YOUR TIME IS UP. OKAY, MILES BURKART IS THE NEXT CARD I HAVE.

MILES BURKART, RESIDENT OF 14 YEARS. MR. MAYOR, YOU AND OTHERS HERE RAN ON PUBLIC SAFETY.

THE CITY MANAGER'S PAUSE ON CODE ENFORCEMENT PUTS THAT SAFETY IN JEOPARDY AND EXPOSES TAXPAYERS TO MASSIVE FINANCIAL LIABILITY.

HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE PAUSED CODE. THE MAIN PURPOSE IS VERY CLEAR.

SAFETY AND SIGHT LINES. FRONT SETBACKS 42IN HIGH.

CORNER VISIBILITY 36IN. BOTH OF THESE ARE BASED ON NATIONAL SAFETY STANDARDS.

42IN IS HOW HIGH PEOPLE SIT IN CARS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT.

A VEHICLE TRAVELING 25 MILES AN HOUR REQUIRES 2 TO 3 HOUSES IN LENGTH TO STOP FOR A HAZARD.

YOU CANNOT STOP FOR WHAT YOU CANNOT SEE. TRIMMING A HEDGE TO 42IN IS A VERY LOW BAR FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

MOST OF US DO IT GLADLY. I EMAILED THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ABOUT THE CODE PAUSE FOR CLARIFICATION.

THEY BOTH PROMISED SAFETY CASES WERE UNAFFECTED.

BUT CODE ENFORCEMENT EMAILED ME SEVEN TIMES SINCE THEN, STATING THEY ARE NO LONGER ENFORCING THE CODE.

I TEND TO BELIEVE THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND. IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE CITY HAS A DOCUMENTED VIOLATION FOR A HOMEOWNER,

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WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SETTLEMENTS THAT CAN COST MILLIONS IF SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED.

THAT'S TAXPAYER MONEY. THE CITY HAS A BIG LIST RIGHT NOW OF KNOWN HAZARDS AND HAS PUBLICLY STATED THEY ARE IGNORING THEM.

I THINK THERE'S A NAME FOR THAT. WHAT WAS THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS HERE? MAYBE IT WAS THE FOUR RESIDENTS THAT CAME IN ON JUNE 2ND TO THIS MEETING AND COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CODE.

EACH OF THOSE RESIDENTS HAS A CITY VERIFIED SIGHT LINE VIOLATION.

SOME OF THEM ADMITTED BREAKING THE LAW FOR YEARS.

DID YOU ASK YOUR RISK MANAGER TO SIGN OFF ON THE CLAUSE? DID YOU ASK YOUR INSURANCE CARRIER TO REVIEW THE ADDED LIABILITY? DID YOU CONSIDER THAT SCHOOL JUST ENDED IN JUNE? PEAK SEASON FOR KIDS ON BIKES AND E-BIKES. THE CITY MANAGER PAUSED SAFETY ENFORCEMENT AT THE WORST TIME FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. YOU SAID YOU'RE COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

MAKE GOOD ON THAT. DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER WHOM YOU APPOINTED TO REMOVE THIS DANGEROUS CODE CLAUSE.

OKAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE? YES. MARK NELSON.

GO AHEAD, MARK. OKAY. HI. MARK NELSON, REDONDO BEACH PROPERTY OWNER.

I'D LIKE TO SECOND DARYL'S VOICE. AND ALSO THANK DARYL FOR ORGANIZING THE MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

IF THE CITY NEEDS ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 500-600 BLOCK OF PROSPECT, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME, AND I CAN COORDINATE GETTING INFORMATION BACK TO WHEREVER IT GOES.

I READ AN EASY READER ARTICLE WITH A COMMENT FROM A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.

SUPPOSEDLY, THERE'S A LETTER TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM CDC MENTAL DEVELOPMENT.

THAT WAS A REJOINDER, WHICH MIGHT BE PART OF A LAWSUIT AGAINST BEACH CITIES.

I REALLY COULDN'T TELL FROM THE ARTICLE, AND I DIDN'T GET A LOT MORE FROM THE COUNCIL COMMENT, BUT I GUESS WHAT I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE IS, SINCE WE ALL KNOW THERE'S A LETTER NOW, NEWSPAPER HAD IT APPARENTLY.

COULD WE PLEASE GET THAT LETTER ENTERED INTO THE RECORD SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN FIND IT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE EXCITING AND TIME CONSUMING PROCESS OF A CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST? SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO KNOW. AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH CDC IS TAKING SOME ACTION AND THE COUNCIL'S AWARE AND NO ONE ELSE HAS BEEN CLUED IN ON IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY, MAX STEINBRUNN. HELLO.

MY NAME IS MAX STEINBRUNN. I'M 16 YEARS OLD AND A SOPHOMORE AT RUHS.

I PLAYED CLUB SOCCER AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK FOR SO MANY KIDS WHO LOVE SOCCER BUT ARE LOCKED OUT OF THE GAME.

RUHS HAS 3000 STUDENTS, BUT ONLY 60 SPOTS ON THE BOYS SOCCER TEAMS. ACCORDING TO THE U.S. SOCCER FOUNDATION, 70% OF KIDS QUIT ORGANIZED SPORTS BY 13 BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSIVE PRIVATE CLUBS.

MORE THAN $500 PER MONTH, AND THEY CAN'T PLAY ON THE PUBLIC SOCCER FIELDS.

REDONDO BEACH HAS PUBLIC FACILITIES FOR TENNIS, VOLLEYBALL, PICKLEBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, WATER POLO, AND MANY OTHERS. SOCCER FIELDS ARE PART OF SCHOOL CAMPUSES, AND AFTER SCHOOL THEY ARE EITHER LOCKED UP OR RENTED OUT TO PRIVATE CLUBS.

THIS LEAVES KIDS WHOSE FAMILIES CAN'T AFFORD SOCCER, THE EXPENSIVE SOCCER CLUBS WITH NOWHERE TO GO.

WE CAN FIX THIS EASILY BY BUILDING PUBLIC FUTSAL COURTS.

FUTSAL IS FIVE ON FIVE SOCCER PLAYED ON HARD COURT.

SIMILAR TO BASKETBALL COURT PLAYERS DO NOT NEED COACHES, REFEREES OR EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT.

KIDS AND ADULTS CAN JUST SHOW UP AND PLAY. BEST OF ALL, A FUTSAL COURT IS SMALL ONLY 6,000FT² ABOUT THE SIZE OF A TENNIS COURT IN LESS THAN ONE TENTH THE SIZE OF A REGULAR SOCCER FIELD. I CAN THINK OF A COUPLE EMPTY SPACES THAT CAN BE READY FOR THIS RIGHT NOW.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE ASPHALT NEAR AVIATION PARK GYM AND THE CITY LOT OR PUBLIC WORKS LOT BEHIND TAB TOR BASEBALL FIELD IN SOUTH REDONDO, LONG BEACH AND HAWTHORNE HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED FUTSAL COURTS AND THEY HAVE WORKED OUT GREAT. I ASKED THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT LOCAL KIDS AND ACTIVE ADULTS AND BUILD FUTSAL COURTS

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REDONDO BEACH IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND FUTSAL COURTS WILL MAKE IT EVEN BETTER.

THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A PAPER FOR YOU GUYS. MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE.

SECOND. RIGHT HERE. ALL FOR? AYE. THAT'S OKAY.

CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? YES, YOU MAY.

HAVE YOU SPOKEN TO OUR YOUTH COMMISSION BEFORE? NO. NO, BUT I AM. I PUT IN AN APPLICATION. YOU PUT IN AN APPLICATION.

FANTASTIC. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU. WELL SPOKEN.

THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY, NEXT ONLINE. I HAVE NONE.

OKAY. RON MAROKO.

MAYOR AND COUNCIL RON MAROKO FROM DISTRICT THREE.

I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE MORRELL HOUSE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC SINCE LATE NOVEMBER OF 2025, OVER SEVEN MONTHS AGO.

AS YOU KNOW, THE FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE REDONDO BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXPIRES ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2027 AND HAS A CITY STAFF PERSON HAS ALREADY POINTED OUT THAT ORGANIZATION HAS LOST ITS NONPROFIT STATUS.

MORE SPECIFICALLY, AS CAN BE FOUND IN THE CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE WEBSITE, THE REDONDO BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS SUSPENDED ON JANUARY 2ND, 2014 AND WAS TERMINATED AS A CORPORATION ON NOVEMBER 22ND, 2019 HAS BEEN ADMINISTRATIVELY DISSOLVED BY THE FRANCHISE TAX BOARD. SINCE 2027 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO CONSIDER WHAT IT WANTS TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY, SINCE IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THE MORRELL HOUSE CAN BE REOPENED UNDER THE EXISTING LEASE AND EXTENSION IN 2026, NAMELY UNDER PARAGRAPHS 13 AND 15 OF THAT AGREEMENT.

AND ANYTHING DONE WITH THE PROPERTY WILL REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL, INCLUDING IF THE MUSEUM TRIES TO REOPEN IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR, THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO EVALUATE ALTERNATIVE USES OF THE PROPERTY.

SOME OPTIONS MAY INCLUDE USING IT AS IT WAS AT ONE TIME AS A DISTRICT THREE COMMUNITY MEETING PLACE.

RENTED TO ANOTHER NONPROFIT, OR PERHAPS EVEN THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT, SINCE YOU'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

AND USE IT MAYBE PERHAPS AS AN ART GALLERY OR ANOTHER MUSEUM, OR USE IT AS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE.

AND AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WITH PREVIOUS COUNCILS ABOUT LEASING IT TO A FOR PROFIT ENTITY.

THE PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL, AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE FIRST LEASE AGREEMENT, WAS TO CONSIDER REVIEWING THE OPTIONS AND OPERATIONS AND USE OF THE PROPERTY AND TO PRIORITIZE THAT.

AND I'M ENCOURAGING YOU SINCE, AGAIN, JANUARY 2027 IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STILL NOBODY ONLINE. OKAY.

GIL S. CONTRERAS.

JUST A FEW DAYS AGO, OUR NATION CELEBRATED INDEPENDENCE DAY AND HONORED THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH PROTECTS EVERY CITIZEN'S RIGHT TO SPEAK, TO QUESTION THE GOVERNMENT AND TO PETITION THOSE ELECTED TO REPRESENT THEM.

THOSE RIGHTS ARE NOT SYMBOLIC. THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION OF A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT.

AS BOTH A VETERAN AND A FIRST RESPONDER. HONORING AND DEFENDING THESE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN A SIGNIFICANT PART OF MY LIFE.

THAT IS WHY TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND MEANINGFUL PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ARE NOT SIMPLY POLICY ISSUES TO ME, THEY ARE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF PUBLIC SERVICE. TRANSPARENCY IS FAR MORE THAN PUBLISHING NEWSLETTERS, ISSUING PRESS RELEASES, OR POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

TRUE TRANSPARENCY IS A TWO WAY PROCESS. REQUIRES THE GOVERNMENT NOT ONLY TO INFORM THE PUBLIC, BUT ALSO TO LISTEN, RESPOND AND ENGAGE IN OPEN, RESPECTFUL DIALOG THROUGH COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND MEANINGFUL INTERACTION WITH THE PEOPLE IT SERVES. I HAVE A CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

THREE MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH TO CREATE MEANINGFUL DIALOG.

IT ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO SPEAK, BUT IT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO ASK QUESTIONS, RECEIVE ANSWERS, CLARIFY CONCERNS, OR WORK COLLABORATIVELY TOWARD SOLUTIONS.

PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, BUT IT IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR GENUINE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC. NOT EVERYBODY WHO HAS CONCERNS APPEARS BEFORE THIS COUNCIL.

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THIS SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A PUBLIC APPROVAL OR SATISFACTION.

A TRUE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT HAS RESPONSIBILITY TO CONSIDER NOT ONLY THE VOICES THAT ARE PRESENT, BUT ALSO THOSE THAT ARE ABSENT. WHILE RESIDENTS CANNOT OBTAIN ANSWERS THROUGH ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES OR COMMUNICATIONS, THEY OFTEN RELY UPON THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.

THIS ACT IS NOT MERELY A CONVENIENCE. IT IS THE LAW.

IT EXISTS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW.

UNFORTUNATELY, OUR CITY HAS ALREADY EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR FAILING TO COMPLY WITH ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ACT.

THOSE COSTS WERE PAID BY TAXPAYERS, NOT NOT BY ELECTED OFFICIALS OR STAFF.

ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PEOPLE. LEADERSHIP BEGINS WITH LISTENING, AND I ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL DIALOG BY RESPONDING TO EMAILS, RETURNING PHONE CALLS, HOLDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS, AND ENGAGING RESIDENTS TO FACE BEFORE IMPORTANT DECISIONS ARE MADE. THAT IS ALL PEOPLE THAT ARE ELECTED. I ALSO ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO HOLD ITSELF AND ITS STAFF ACCOUNTABLE FOR PROVIDING TIMELY, PROFESSIONAL AND RESPECTFUL RESPONSES TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT GOVERNMENT WORK IS BUSY. WE ALL HAVE DEMANDING SCHEDULES.

BUT WHILE WE APPRECIATE THOSE CHALLENGES, IT SHOULD NOT BECOME ROUTINE REASONS FOR FAILING TO RESPOND TO PEOPLE YOU SERVE.

AS TAXPAYERS, WE ARE EXPECTED TO MEET OUR RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDLESS OF HOW BUSY WE ARE.

MOST OF US ARE NEVER TOO BUSY TO PAY OUR TAXES OR TO FOLLOW LAWS, AND WE ASK THAT YOU ALSO DO THE SAME THING.

SIMPLY SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT VALUES TRANSPARENCY AND EVERY VOICE MATTERS AND IS NOT ENOUGH TRANSPARENCY.

TRANSPARENCY REQUIRES ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LET'S SEE. STILL NOBODY ONLINE. OKAY. JIM MUELLER.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. JIM MUELLER, DISTRICT FIVE.

DEVELOPERS HAVEN'T DELIVERED GREAT REVITALIZATION RESULTS FOR THE ARTESIA CORRIDOR.

THE SOUTH BAY SOCIAL DISTRICT AT THE GALLERIA SITE FAILED AND GRUB HOUSE PLANNED FOR ARTESIA-MACKAY IS YEARS DELAYED.

THE HOPE THAT THOSE TWO DEVELOPMENTS WOULD ANCHOR REVIVAL ALONG ARTESIA BOULEVARD LOOKS TO GO UNREALIZED.

A MUCH SIMPLER AND REGULAR VENUE, THE FARMERS MARKET, HAS SHOWN THAT THE PEOPLE OF NORTH REDONDO, LIKE A GATHERING OF NEIGHBORS AND HAVING QUALITY GOODS AVAILABLE, ENCOURAGES SPENDING.

THE FARMERS MARKET HASN'T BEEN THE ONLY INDICATOR OF WHAT PEOPLE OF NORTH REDONDO WANT.

EXCUSE ME. EVERY SURVEY ON THE SUBJECT HAS SHOWN THAT PEOPLE WANT THE ARTESIA CORRIDOR TO BE WALKABLE, TO FEEL SAFE, TO HAVE AVAILABLE THE THINGS THEY NEED AND WANT TO BUY FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

AND NORTH REDONDO IS DEFINITELY A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.

MANY WITH CHILDREN. FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN SPEND A LOT.

THAT MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT IN NORTH REDONDO ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD, NOT AT DEL AMO MALL OR MANHATTAN VILLAGE.

THERE ARE NO QUICK AND SIMPLE WAYS TO REVITALIZE THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT LIKE THE ARTESIA CORRIDOR.

THERE MUST BE PUBLIC SPACE THAT FEELS SAFE AND COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER.

ARTESIA'S NOISY TRAFFIC AND FAST MOVING CARS TO NEAR PEDESTRIAN AREAS ARE A DETERRENT.

ONCE THE PUBLIC AREA FEELS SAFE, ATTRACTIONS ARE NEEDED TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE SPACE.

SOMETHING TO DO, THINGS TO BUY. THIS CAN START SIMPLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, POP UP FAIRS ALONG THE SIDEWALK OR IN PARKING LOTS.

MANY ARTISANS HAVE APPLIED FOR SPACE IN THE FARMERS MARKET, BUT HIS FOCUS IS ON FOOD.

THERE'S LIMITED SPACE FOR NON-FOOD VENDORS. WHY NOT GIVE NON-FOOD VENDORS THEIR OWN TIME AND SPACE, LIKE A WEEKEND POP UP AFFAIR ALONG THE SIDEWALK OR IN A PARKING LOT? PEOPLE BROUGHT TO THE POP UP FAIR BY CURIOSITY, NATURALLY OVERFLOW INTO BRICK AND MORTAR ESTABLISHMENTS NEARBY.

BUSINESS PEOPLE SEEING CROWDS OF CONSUMERS IN AN AREA ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONSIDER OPENING A NEW BRICK AND MORTAR ESTABLISHMENT, OR UPGRADING THEIR EXISTING ONES. THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH THE AREA'S COMPANY SEEMS INTENDED TO IDENTIFY OWNERS OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN ARTESIA, ON THE ARTESIA CORRIDOR, WITH THE INTENT FOR THEM TO UPGRADE OR REDEVELOP THEIR PROPERTIES.

ASSURANCE THAT THEIR NEW ENTERPRISE WILL ATTRACT A CROWD READY TO BUY IS VITAL.

INCENTIVE TO INVEST, HOPEFULLY, THE CITY DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE WILL WORK TO PROVIDE THAT INCENTIVE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? OKAY, JOAN IRVINE.

AND THAT'S THE LAST CARD I HAVE. ON MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. MEMBERS JOAN IRVINE DISTRICT ONE.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS, THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CITY STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS FOR MAKING OUR JULY 4TH CELEBRATION AND THE SUMMER FESTIVAL

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IT WAS REALLY HUMBLING, THANKED ME FOR SPEAKING OUT ON TOPICS THAT THEY COULDN'T SPEAK OUT ON FOR VARIOUS REASONS.

SO TONIGHT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CANNABIS.

AS YOU KNOW, WORK THROUGH THE BUDGET. YOU MADE PAINFUL DECISIONS.

HIRING FREEZES, HIRE COMMUNITY EVENT FEES, SERVICE REDUCTIONS, EVEN ELIMINATING NINE CROSSING GUARD POSITIONS AT A MERE $175,000. NO ONE WANTS TO REDUCE YOUTH SAFETY, BUT THESE CUTS DEMONSTRATED THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES OUR CITY FACES.

YOU HAVE A FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO EVALUATE PROJECTS BASED ON NUMBERS AND FACTS, NOT PERSONAL BELIEFS OR POWER POLITICS.

BASED ON THE PROJECTIONS FROM CANNABIS BUSINESSES, TWO DISPENSARIES WOULD GENERATE OVER $1 MILLION OF ANNUAL RECURRING TAX REVENUE.

I CHECKED THERE IS NO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE THIS COUNCIL THAT CAN PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF ONGOING REVENUE AND AS QUICKLY.

PLUS, I LEARNED FROM THE STATE THAT CITIES WITH LICENSED RETAIL CANNABIS STORES WERE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR PROPOSITION 64 GRANT FOR UP TO $4.5 MILLION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, YOUTH PROGRAMS, PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.

REDONDO RESIDENTS ARE ALREADY PURCHASING CANNABIS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD CITIES AND ILLEGAL DELIVERY SERVICES.

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THESE OTHER CITIES HAVE TAX REVENUE FROM IT.

SO AS YOU EVALUATE FUTURE PROJECTS, DETERMINE WHICH PROVIDE THE GREATEST LONG TERM RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

WE HAD MENTIONED THE, THE NIKE. THAT'S GREAT.

AND IF IT COMES BACK AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC.

BUT KNOW THAT THE CANNABIS AND BUT WITH NO GUARANTEES ON THAT, BUT KNOW THAT CANNABIS DISPENSARIES WOULD BE BRINGING IN A MILLION IN ANNUAL RECURRING REVENUE. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO COST THAT MUCH BECAUSE THE PERMITTING WORK HAS ALREADY MOST OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.

SO I URGE THE COUNCIL TO BEGIN ACCEPTING CANNABIS DISPENSARY APPLICATIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

DOING SO WOULD GENERATE SUSTAINABLE INCOME, MAKE REDONDO ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE STATE GRANTS, AND HELP PRESERVE ESSENTIAL CITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE 27-28 BUDGET.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WAS ANYONE ONLINE.

NO ONE ONLINE. WE ONLY HAVE ONE ECOMMENT FOR J.1.

OKAY. FOR THE RECORD, STILL COME ON UP. WE'RE TAKING IN ALL CALLERS NOW.

VERY GOOD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I HAD TO COME UP BECAUSE I HEARD THE SPEAKER TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.

WELL, IT'S A FARMER'S MARKET. TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY FROM 2 TO 7.

COME ON DOWN TO OUR FARMER'S MARKET. IT BELONGS TO REDONDO BEACH.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN EVERY WEEK OR, LIKE, I'M SO GLAD THIS IS MY MARKET NOW BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD ONE BEFORE.

AND WE'VE ONLY BEEN OPEN SINCE APRIL 22ND. AND IT'S GETTING WE'RE CONSISTENTLY GETTING THE SAME MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, DIFFERENT PEOPLE COMING IN. WE'RE NOW STARTING TO DO PROGRAMING EVENTS.

BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT ONE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING WITH THE MARKET, AND THAT IS THEY HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST SALSA OUT THERE.

AND EVERY WEEK I GOT TO BUY ANOTHER GALLON OF THIS STUFF AND BRING IT HOME.

BUT BUT YOU GOT TO HAVE THE JALAPENO, HAVE THEM CHOP UP SOME EXTRA STUFF WITH THAT, BUT EQUALLY GOOD.

I'VE NEVER BEEN A TAMALE FAN BEFORE, BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU, THEY MAKE THE BEST TAMALES.

YOU KNOW, CHILE, CHILE, RIJINO ONES OR WHATEVER.

BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW POPULAR THEY ARE IN THE COMMUNITY. LAST WEEK ALONE, THE GUY SOLD 237 OF THEM.

WOW. TAMALES. THAT'S 11,850 IN A YEAR. THINK ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S 11,850 MORE THAN EVER WOULD HAVE BEEN SOLD IN NORTH REDONDO.

SO ANYWAY, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, I'M KIND OF MAKING FUN OF IT, BUT TOMORROW.

COME ON DOWN. IT'S A GREAT EVENT. 2 TO 7. WE GOT NEW PEOPLE COMING BY EVERY WEEK.

THE MARKET'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY GOOD. WE'RE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS RIGHT NOW, SO CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, I STILL SEE CITY SERVICE PEOPLE COMING BY AND BUYING STUFF, WHICH IS GOOD TOO.

SO SORRY, MIKE. I KNOW THEY'RE TAKING LONG LUNCH BREAKS, PROBABLY.

BUT ANYWAY, COME ON DOWN TOMORROW. 2 TO 7. THANKS.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ANYONE ONLINE? YES, NANCY SKIBA.

GO AHEAD. NANCY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR JIM AND CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.

I JUST WANT TO CALL IN AND MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT PERHAPS AT SOME TIME IN THE FUTURE, WILL WE BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY GARDEN IN NORTH REDONDO, LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE DOWN IN THE SOUTH? I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS AND HAVE IT NEARBY WHERE WE LIVE,

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THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE STILL HAVE TIME.

ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS? MR. JONES? THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THE FIREWORKS SHOW WAS ALL TIME AMAZING DOWN ON THE WATERFRONT.

I AM JEFF JONES. I AM THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF QUALITY SEAFOOD, WHICH HAS BEEN IN OPERATION IN REDONDO BEACH FOR 73 YEARS.

I AM ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE KING HARBOR ASSOCIATION AND REPRESENT ABOUT $100 MILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE AND CONTINUING TO GROW THAT.

AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT IS EXCITED TO BE INVOLVED IN CIVIC DISCUSSIONS.

AND I KNOW THAT AT LAST WEEK'S COUNCIL MEETING, THERE WAS SOME QUESTION, SOME QUESTION THE KHA PARTICIPATION IN CITY PROJECTS SUCH AS THE WATERFRONT AMENITIES PROJECT AND SOME OTHERS.

AND TRUTHFULLY, I WOULD SAY THAT IN PAST YEARS, THE KHA OPERATED MORE AS A MARKETING PASS THROUGH THAN AS A COLLECTIVE OF BUSINESS OWNERS WITH A SHARED VISION OF WHAT THE WATERFRONT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT COULD BE AND POTENTIALLY WHAT IT COULD GROW INTO.

AND, SO BASICALLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IS THAT WHILE THE KHA HAS NOT BEEN AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN CIVIL DISCUSSIONS OR WATERFRONT DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST, MANY OF ITS MEMBERS HAVE BEEN, MYSELF INCLUDED.

I WAS ON THE WATERFRONT AMENITY PROJECT WORKING GROUP COMMITTEE, AND I WAS ON THE SEASIDE LAGOON SUBCOMMITTEE FOR A WHILE UNTIL THOSE PROJECTS OR THOSE COMMITTEES SORT OF SELF DISSOLVED. BUT WE DO HAVE ACTIVE MEMBERS AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN CITY PROJECTS OVER THE YEARS.

AND WHILE THE KHA MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ACTIVE THEN WE ARE CERTAINLY ACTIVE NOW.

WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF MEMBERS AND BUSINESSES WHO HAVE ENJOYED NEW LEADERSHIP AND A DIFFERENT CHARTED A DIFFERENT COURSE AND ARE BEING ACTIVE IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE WATERFRONT.

AND YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK, I THINK IT WAS EXPRESSED, WE EXPRESSED OUR POSITION RESPECTFULLY ON THE SEASIDE LAGOON PROJECT. AND I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WILL INVITE US INTO THAT CONVERSATION.

WE CERTAINLY THINK THAT THE AREA BADLY NEEDS REGENERATION.

AND I THINK WITH MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES AND CREATIVITY AND IDEAS, WE COULD COME UP WITH A FANTASTIC FUTURE FOR THE WATERFRONT AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESSES AS WELL. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I CERTAINLY HOPE YOU WON'T DISAGREE THAT THE KHA COULD BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANKS, I NOTED THAT WE GOT AN APPLICATION THAT'S SUPPORTED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE HARBOR COMMISSION, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME IN TEN OVER A DECADE THAT I'M AWARE OF THAT THAT'S HAPPENED SO.

IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING IT'S THE FIRST KHA MEMBER TO TRY TO GET INTO THAT POSITION.

AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF HIM. I THINK HE'LL DO A GREAT JOB IF HE MAKES IT IN. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S OVER 31 MINUTES. SO WE WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ON NON AGENDA ITEMS AND GO INTO ITEM K,

[K. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS]

I WILL START. I HAVE NOT HAD ANY MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH ANYONE ON THIS TOPIC SINCE THE BUDGET HEARINGS.

I HAVE HAD CURSORY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT IT BEING AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT.

BUT AND THAT WAS WITH THE COUNCIL AND WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

SO THAT'S MY ONLY DISCLOSURE THERE. WE'LL GO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS YOU SAID, HIGH LEVEL CONVERSATION WITH THE MAYOR.

AND I DID SPEAK ABOUT IT WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. I WOULD SAY THE SAME HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE MAYOR AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF.

COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. SINCE OUR LAST MEETING JUST THE MANAGER AND YOU MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. I, JUST COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT AND THE MAYOR POTENTIALLY, AND STAFF.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

STAFF. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. OKAY. THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, WE'LL JUMP DOWN TO ITEM L.1, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER USER FEE AMENDMENTS FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS,

[L. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

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MOVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THIS SHOULD BE A PRETTY QUICK PRESENTATION FOR YOU TONIGHT.

THIS IS TO PRESENT SOME USER FEE AMENDMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO PURSUE WITH BUDGET ADOPTION A FEW WEEKS AGO ON JUNE 16TH IN THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS. SO I WILL START WITH THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE BUDGET MOTION.

COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO ADJUST TWO FEES, THE TOWING FEE FROM 139 TO $233 WHICH WILL SET THE RATE AT CONSISTENT WITH NEIGHBORING CITIES. AND TO INCREASE OUR ANNUAL PARKING METER PASS TO $220.

AND THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE HOURLY PARKING METER RATE INCREASE.

THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED AS PART OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

WE ESTIMATED AN ANNUAL REVENUE INCREASE FOR THE TOWING FEE OF A LITTLE OVER $56,000.

WE INCLUDED THAT IN THE BUDGET MOTION. WE ARE ALSO ANTICIPATING A LITTLE OVER $20,000 IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PARKING METER PASS, ALTHOUGH WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THAT IN THE BUDGET MOTION. SO JUST BE KIND OF ADDITIONAL.

AND THAT ESTIMATE DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOME LOSS OF VOLUME RELATED TO THE COST INCREASE.

COUNCIL ALSO DIRECTED US DURING THE BUDGET MOTION TO CONSIDER ADDING OR TO ADD A FEE FOR BOAT STORAGE AT A MINIMUM OF $2 PER FOOT PER DAY.

WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WITHIN THE EXISTING FEE SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE A DAILY FEE, $542 FOR THIS PURPOSE.

SINCE THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF COUNCIL DIRECTION, WE ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGE AT THIS TIME.

WE DID INCLUDE THE EXISTING FEE SCHEDULE AS A BACKUP FOR YOUR REVIEW.

FINALLY, ALTHOUGH THESE ARE NOT PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOT RELATED TO THIS ITEM, WE JUST WANTED TO MENTION TWO ADDITIONAL FEE ITEMS THAT YOU SAW AS PART OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR THIS EVENING, THE PARKING METER RATE INCREASE, WHICH AGAIN, YOU ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.

SO THE FIRST READING OF THAT WAS ON CONSENT TONIGHT.

AND OUR STREET SWEEPING CITATIONS, WHICH ARE ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION AND WERE ON CONSENT CALENDAR.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, NOT PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT JUST WANTED TO KIND OF MENTION THEM ALL TOGETHER AS THEY'RE PART OF THE BUDGET MOTION.

SO OUR RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR YOU THIS EVENING, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, CLOSE THE HEARING AND ADOPT THE FEE RESOLUTION AS LISTED BELOW CHANGING THE FEES AS DIRECTED IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FEE RESOLUTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE ONE ON THE BOAT? THE BOAT FEE. SO WE'RE INTERPRETING THAT BOAT STORAGE WOULD BE SOMEBODY USING A THE ONE OF THE HARBOR PATROL SLIPS.

YEAH. OKAY. AND WE'LL APPLY THAT FROM HERE ON OUT.

YEP. OKAY. I SUPPORT THAT OVER THE $2 PER FOOT PER DAY.

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A BETTER A BETTER DEAL FOR THE CITY.

AND ACTUALLY, I DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I WOULD I WOULD WANT TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM USING THAT, ANY OF THOSE SLIPS FOR THAT USE. SO THERE ARE DAY RATES WITHIN THE OTHER MARINAS, AND I'D RATHER HAVE THEM THERE THAN BE ON OUR DOCK.

AND IF THEY SLIP AND FALL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIABILITY THERE.

I'D RATHER HAVE THEM ELSEWHERE. SO I SUPPORT THIS CHANGE FROM WHAT WAS IN THE, I THINK THE BUDGET MOTION.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHOEVER DID THAT RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED IT, THANK YOU.

AND I FULLY SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION THERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. YEAH, JUST ON THAT.

SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S REGULARLY ENFORCED OR, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT GO ABOUT GETTING.

IT'S A PRETTY UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE FOR US. THE SCENARIO THAT TENDS TO COME UP IS WE HAVE AN ENGINE FIRE AND A VISITING VESSEL.

WE TOW THEM. WE NEED A PLACE TO PUT THEM WHILE THEY'RE TRYING TO SORT OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MANAGE THEIR REPAIRS.

AND THEN WE WOULD ASSESS THIS FEE, PRESUMABLY FOR THAT, THAT SHORT TERM USE.

WE TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, WE DO NOT WANT TO ENCOURAGE RANDOM VISITORSHIP IN OUR VERY PRECIOUS HARBOR PATROL SLIPS.

SO THIS IS MORE OF AN EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE THAT, THAT WOULD BE APPLIED.

AND TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, THAT $542 IS, IN A SENSE, MEANT TO BE A DISCOURAGEMENT FOR THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY.

IDEALLY, WE OUR VESSELS, WHEN IN DISTRESS, WE MAY SUPPORT AND ASSESS THEIR SITUATION.

IF IT'S NONLIFE THREATENING, THEY FIND OTHER TOWING ORGANIZATIONS MECHANICAL RESPONSE THAT DO NOT INVOLVE OUR PERSONNEL.

YEAH. AND SO THEN IT WOULD BE HARBOR PATROL THAT DOES THAT ENFORCEMENT.

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OKAY, TAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. ALL FOR? AYE. OKAY. THAT'S UNANIMOUS.

SO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2607-047 BY TITLE ONLY.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ALL FOR? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.

ADOPT BY TITLE ONLY RESOLUTION NUMBER CC-2607-047.

A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT USER FEES.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW JUMPING DOWN TO ITEM N.1, WHICH IS POSSIBLE, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT

[N. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION PRIOR TO ACTION]

SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS, BUT I THINK WE'RE AWARDING THE YOU'RE RECOMMENDING WE AWARD TO ONE CONTRACTOR, SO. WE ARE. WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THE FLOOR. AND BY THE WAY, I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS COMING FORWARD.

AND I APPRECIATE THE PRIORITY THAT STAFF IS PUTTING ON THIS TO MOVE IT FORWARD SO WE CAN SPEND OUR DOLLARS WISELY WHILE THE MONEY'S AS CHEAP AS IT'S GOING TO GET HERE. BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE WAIT, THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GOING TO GO UP.

ABSOLUTELY MAYOR IT'S A GREAT SEGUE. I WAS GOING TO JUST PROVIDE A FEW INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, REALLY MORE TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR TEAM, LUKE, CHRISTINE, WAYNE, JAMIE EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTED THIS EFFORT THEY'VE REALLY WORKED VERY HARD TO MOVE THIS FORWARD IN A, I THINK, A VERY METHODICAL AND THOUGHTFUL WAY.

AND I THINK TONIGHT'S THE CULMINATION OF THAT EFFORT.

THIS IS A BIG STEP FOR US. WE'RE PLEASED TO INTRODUCE AND RECOMMEND TO YOU CONTRACTS WITH SWINERTON BUILDERS AND LPA DESIGN.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO LUKE WHO WILL PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU MIKE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

LUKE SMUDE, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER. AND AS MIKE SAID, CHRISTINE AND OUR FIRE AND POLICE, CITY TREASURER, FINANCE STAFF HAVE BEEN CRITICAL TO GETTING US TO THIS POINT.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM AS WELL. AND WITH US TONIGHT, WE ALSO HAVE DUSTIN ALAMO FROM GRIFFIN STRUCTURES, WHO'S OUR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND HAS BEEN ADDITIVE TO OUR SELECTION PROCESS AS WELL.

AND TONIGHT, THIS DISCUSSION ITEM GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE TWO AGREEMENTS WITH SWINERTON BUILDERS AND LPA DESIGN STUDIOS TO SERVE AS OUR PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD ENTITY TO DELIVER THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY PROJECTS INCLUDED IN MEASURE FP, AND FROM THAT TEAM, WE ALSO HAVE MICHELLE PRADA, WILFREDO LIMA, CHARLES WILLIAMS, AND HARRY LU, ALL OF WHICH ARE KEY MEMBERS OF THAT SWINERTON AND LPA A TEAM THAT WOULD PARTNER WITH THE CITY SHOULD THESE CONTRACTS BE APPROVED.

AND THEY'LL BE PROVIDING, WITH YOUR BLESSING, A SHORT PRESENTATION FOLLOWING HOURS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A LITTLE RECAP OF MEASURE FP TALK YOU THROUGH THE DESIGN PROGRESSED.

SO PDB IS PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD, WHICH FOR EVERYONE, THAT'S THE PROCESS WE ARE USING TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS.

AND WE'LL TALK THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS.

GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF PHASE ONE, WHICH IS WHAT THESE CONTRACTS WOULD SPECIFICALLY APPLY TO TALK THROUGH THE TIMELINE, GO THROUGH SOME NEXT STEPS, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE OUR ULTIMATE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ITEM.

SO THE QUICK RECAP MEASURE FP WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS OF REDONDO BEACH, WITH A 71.4% MARGIN OF APPROVAL ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024, AND THAT AUTHORIZED 93, $93,350,000 IN GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT WILL BE USED TO REPLACE FIRE STATIONS ONE AND TWO AND OUR MAIN POLICE STATION, AS WELL AS AND RENOVATE OUR POLICE ANNEX.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A BIRTHDAY PARTY WHEN YOU PUT AN RFP/Q OUT THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO RESPOND.

AND SO ON JANUARY 21ST, WE PUT THE RFQ PIECE OUT ON THE MARKET, AND WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO RECEIVE A GREAT NUMBER OF HIGH QUALITY PROPOSALS. SO FOR THE POLICE SUB PROJECT, WE RECEIVED SIX PROPOSALS FOR THE FIRE SUB PROJECT.

WE RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS. AND IN THE MIDDLE THERE YOU WILL SEE THE THREE FIRMS THAT BID ON BOTH OF THE SUB PROJECTS FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE.

AND SO WE WERE VERY PLEASED. AND YOU KNOW, THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM GRIFFIN AND OTHER OTHER FOLKS IN THE MARKET THAT WE HAD SPOKEN TO AS WE WERE UNDERTAKING THIS PROCESS, THAT WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT, GREAT FIRMS TO CHOOSE FROM.

AND SO AS WE ENTERED INTO THE EVALUATION PROCESS, WE HAD A MULTI-DEPARTMENT GROUP EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT SCORED THE WRITTEN

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WE REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO BE DELIVERING THESE PROJECTS FOR THESE FIRMS. DID THEY HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS? SPECIFICALLY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IF POSSIBLE, COASTAL CITIES.

AND THEN WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD THE PROJECT THAT WE PUT BEFORE THEM AND WHAT THE ASSIGNMENT WAS IN THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY AUTHORIZED BY MEASURE FP, WE'VE GOT MULTIPLE FACILITIES WE NEED TO DELIVER.

WE NEED TO AFFIRM THAT UNDERSTOOD THAT WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS WITHIN THOSE NUMBERS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THEM PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PLANS AND HAVE A BASICALLY THIS PHASE ONE PRICE PROPOSAL THAT'S GOING TO GET US THROUGH TO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE. AND SO WE SCORED ALL, ALL THE WRITTEN PROPOSALS WITH THAT SELECTION EVALUATION COMMITTEE.

THE TOP FOUR OF EACH OF THE SUBPROJECTS, BOTH POLICE AND FIRE, WERE INVITED TO ON SITE INTERVIEWS.

IN THAT PROCESS, WE HAD THEM DO A SHORT PRESENTATION.

WE HAD QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED OF ALL OF THEM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THEM ENGAGE IN A CHARRETTE EXERCISE, WHICH WAS BASICALLY TAKING A REAL WORLD SCENARIO, HAVING THEM GO TAKE 20 MINUTES WITH THEIR TEAM, EVALUATE THAT PROBLEM, COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, AND THEN DELIVER A FIVE MINUTE BRIEF ON HOW THEY WOULD ADDRESS THAT.

AND SO THAT REALLY ALLOWED US A CHANCE TO SEE HOW THEY INTERACTED TOGETHER, HOW THEY WOULD TACKLE A REAL WORLD PROBLEM THAT APPLIES TO THE PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE TACKLING, AND JUST REALLY GIVE US A SENSE OF WHO THEY WERE AS A TEAM FOR THIS PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD.

AND SO FROM THAT PROCESS, OF THE FOUR WE INTERVIEWED ON EACH SIDE, THE TOP THREE WERE INVITED TO PROVIDE BEST AND FINAL OFFERS.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ENDED UP YOU KNOW, SELECTING FOR BOTH.

AND SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELECT DIFFERENT FIRMS FOR EACH OF THE SUBPROJECTS OR BOTH.

AND THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS, SWINERTON AND LPA DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES AS A TOP PERFORMER ON BOTH OF THE SUB PROJECTS.

AND SO PART OF THE REASON WE CAME TO THAT CONCLUSION.

THEY PROVIDE THE BEST VALUE OVERALL. AND SO FOR PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD, WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT LOW BID.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT BEST VALUE THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SKILLS, EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP US DELIVER THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE TO OUR CITY.

AND SO THEY HAVE A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF DELIVERING COMPLEX PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY AREA.

THEY WERE REALLY INTEGRATED IN A STRONG WAY BETWEEN THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR OF SWINERTON ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, WHICH IS LPA DESIGN STUDIOS, AND THEN ALSO HAVE A GREAT NETWORK OF SPECIALTY CONSULTANTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO DELIVER THESE COMPLEX PROJECTS.

AND THE TEAM SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY ASSIGNED, WE ASKED FOR SPECIFIC REPRESENTATIVES.

THEY WERE HIGHLY EXPERIENCED IN PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECT DELIVERY, AND THAT WAS VERY APPEALING ACROSS BOTH THE FIRE AND POLICE SUB PROJECTS.

THEIR FEE STRUCTURE WAS COMPETITIVE AND TRANSPARENT.

THEY HAVE A REALLY GREAT COST ESTIMATION IN-HOUSE FUNCTION THAT'S REALLY GOING TO ALLOW US TO STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGET NUMBERS, AND THAT WAS KEY TO US. AND IN THAT CHARETTE EXERCISE AND SORT OF THROUGHOUT THE PROPOSAL PROCESS, WE REALLY COULD SEE THEIR COLLABORATIVE CULTURE AND COULD SEE THAT SWINERTON AND LPA WERE TRULY AN INTEGRATED TEAM THAT WAS GOING TO SERVE THE CITY.

AND THEY DELIVER PROJECTS THAT, ACCORDING TO THEIR PLANS AND HIGH CONSTRUCTION QUALITY BASED ON THE PROJECTS THEY PROVIDED AND THE REFERENCES THAT WE CHECKED AFTER THE FACT. AND SO IF YOU APPROVE THESE CONTRACTS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, WE WOULD GO TO PHASE ONE OF THE PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD PROCESS. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE DESIGN. WE GET TO DESIGN DOCUMENTS THAT WE CAN TAKE AND MOVE TO CONSTRUCTION.

AND IN PHASE ONE, OUR KEY GOALS ARE GOING TO BE EARLY COST CERTAINTY.

THAT'S WHERE THAT COST ESTIMATION FUNCTION IS GOING TO COME INTO PLAY. WE'RE GOING TO COLLABORATIVELY WITH LPA WITH OUR INTERNAL CITY TEAMS, PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE, FIRE, REALLY LOOK AT THE SCOPE AND WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITHIN BUDGET AND REFINE THOSE NUMBERS.

AND WITH THAT COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, THAT'S BASICALLY GOING TO START FROM HERE FORWARD WITH APPROVAL.

WE HOPE TO REDUCE CHANGE ORDERS, ACCELERATE PROJECT DELIVERY, HAVE A BUDGET THAT'S TRULY ALIGNED WITH OUR PROJECTS, AND THEN ALSO GET TO THAT TRANSPARENT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE, WHICH IS WHERE AT THE END OF PHASE ONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DESIGN DOCUMENTS AND WE WILL HAVE A GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE OF WHAT THESE BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO COST.

AND THAT'S TRULY WHAT WE THINK WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST APPEALING ASPECTS OF THIS PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD PROCESS IS WE'RE GOING TO KNOW AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WHAT THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE IS.

IT'S DONE IN AN OPEN BOOK FUNCTION COLLABORATIVELY WITH SWINERTON AND LPA.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE HOPE WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP.

AND TALKING A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY TO THE TIMELINES AROUND BOTH OF THESE SUB PROJECTS.

SO FOR FIRE STATIONS ONE AND TWO, BOTH BUILDINGS WILL BE COMPLETELY REPLACED.

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FIRE STATION TWO WILL BE AT INGLEWOOD AND GRANT IN NORTH REDONDO.

AND SO PHASE ONE WILL BASICALLY BE STARTING SUMMER 2026, GO THROUGH THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

AND THE CONTRACT PRICE FOR PHASE ONE IS $1.6 MILLION.

AND THEN AS WE DISCUSSED, WE'LL DO PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICES, CONSTRUCTABILITY REVIEWS, GMP DEVELOPMENT, NEGOTIATION. AND OUR CONTRACT THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER WAS BASED ON THE DESIGN BUILD INSTITUTE OF AMERICA TEMPLATE, AND THEN ALSO VETTED BY OUTSIDE COUNSEL, AS WELL AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND OUR OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE.

AND IT HAS KEY MILESTONES. AND ONE OF THEM IS 120 DAYS FROM COMMENCEMENT OF THIS CONTRACT WILL HAVE SCHEMATIC DESIGN.

AND THEN 230 DAYS FROM THIS FROM APPROVAL, WE WOULD HAVE FULL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND A PHASE TWO PRICE PROPOSAL THAT WILL REFLECT THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE THAT WILL WILL BE DEVELOPING. AND WE EXPECT THAT AT THE START OF 2027.

AND PHASE TWO, WHICH IS WHERE CONSTRUCTION TAKES PLACE IN THE BUILDINGS, WILL BE, YOU KNOW, RAISED AND THEN REBUILT WILL START IN 2027 AND THEN GO THROUGH THE SUMMER OR FALL OF 2028 FOR FIRE SPECIFICALLY.

AND THEN SOME OVERLAP IN THESE SLIDES, BUT JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TEMPORARY FACILITIES FOR THE MAIN POLICE HEADQUARTERS.

WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HOUSE A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS AS WE BUILD AT THE MAIN POLICE STATION, BUT IF WE DO NEED SOME OVERFLOW SWING SPACE, THEY COULD POTENTIALLY USE THE CITY HALL STAFF PARKING LOT MODULARS AFTER FIRE IS VACATED AND OCCUPIED THEIR NEW STATIONS, THE ANNEX FACILITY, WE ANTICIPATE FOLKS TO TO STAY ON SITE THERE AND THEN ALSO HAVE PERHAPS SOME ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THAT SPACE AS WE'RE IN CONSTRUCTION.

AND SOME OF THAT PARKING FACILITY POSSIBLY USED AS LAY DOWN FOR THE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND THIS WILL BE WELL, WE'LL BE MOVING IN PARALLEL.

THE POLICE HAS SOME MORE CONTINGENCIES INVOLVED.

SO WE EXPECT THE TIMELINE TO BE A LITTLE LONGER, WITH PHASE ONE EXTENDING THROUGH THE END OF 2026.

AND THEN FOR SCHEMATIC DESIGN WILL BE 140 DAYS OUT.

AND FOR FULL DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, 250 DAYS OUT BASED ON THE STAGE GATES IN THIS CONTRACT.

AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE NOTICE TO PROCEED FOR PHASE TWO AND GMP DEVELOPMENT EARLY IN 2027.

AND PHASE TWO STARTING IN EARLY 2027, AND THEN THIS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 2029.

SO A LITTLE LONGER TIME FRAME THAN WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE FIRE SUB PROJECT.

AND SO MOVING ON TO SOME OTHER THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECTS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY CAPTURED IN THE CONTRACT.

BUT OUR IMPORTANT THAT WE WANTED TO BRING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

BOND ISSUANCE ITSELF IS PLANNED FOR THE FALL OF THIS YEAR 2026.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR, PRAGUE, BOND COUNCIL, DISCLOSURE COUNCIL, AND OUR CITY TREASURER AND FINANCE DIRECTOR.

WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE THOSE. WE'VE BEEN HAVING MEETINGS REGULARLY WITH THAT GROUP, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A SINGLE ISSUANCE FOR THE TOTAL APPROVED AMOUNT OF 90, YOU KNOW, $93.35 MILLION. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN THE TIME FRAME THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PROJECTS AND WE'VE WORKED WITH SWINERTON AND LPA TO DEVELOP, WE BELIEVE WE CAN DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS IN THAT THREE-YEAR THRESHOLD REQUIRED OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

AND THEN ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS, THAT WE DON'T NEED ANY ACTION ON THIS EVENING, BUT WANT TO START BRINGING TO THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION AND TO YOUR ATTENTION.

WE'VE ALSO AUTHORIZED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

AND SO THIS WE'RE CONCEIVING AS A FIVE PERSON COMMITTEE THAT WILL BE NARROWLY TAILORED TO JUST LOOK AT EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.

THIS ISN'T A GROUP THAT WOULD BE MAKING DESIGN DECISIONS, VETTING CONTRACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY WOULD JUST BE MAKING SURE THAT FUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH MEASURE FP ARE SPENT IN WAYS THAT ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE LAW FOR GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

WE ARE HOPING THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD NOMINATE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT WOULD THEN BE APPROVED BY THE WHOLE BODY. AND ONCE WE BRING THAT BACK THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, WE'LL BE ABLE TO START ADVERTISING THOSE VACANCIES FOR THAT BODY.

AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT THROUGH THE CITY CLERK'S WEBSITE AND OUR NORMAL CHANNELS AND BRINGING THAT FORWARD PRIOR TO BOND ISSUANCE.

AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'VE INITIATED A DEDICATED PROJECT WEBSITE, WHICH IS AVAILABLE AT REDONDO.ORG/MEASUREFP, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION ON THAT. AND AS THESE PROJECTS CONTINUE, WE'LL GET MORE AND MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW.

SO THAT CAN BE A STARTING POINT. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR OTHER PUBLIC INQUIRY, BUT THAT WILL BE AT LEAST A TOUCHSTONE THAT YOU CAN POINT PEOPLE TO IF THEY HAVE HIGH LEVEL QUESTIONS ON MEASURE FP. AND SO THEN NEXT STEPS.

IF COUNCIL APPROVES THESE CONTRACTS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, WE WOULD ADVANCE TO PHASE ONE OF THIS PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD PROJECT WHERE WE WILL OR PROCESS WHERE WE WILL LOOK AT PROJECT REQUIREMENTS, DESIGN SOLUTIONS, DEVELOP COST ESTIMATES, SCHEDULES, CONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FULLY VETTED AND REFINED BEFORE WE MOVE INTO PHASE TWO,

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AND JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD ONCE AGAIN, THESE AGREEMENTS BEFORE US ARE JUST FOR THAT PHASE ONE, THAT DESIGN AND SOLUTIONING AND GETTING TO THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE.

THIS DOES NOT AUTHORIZE CONSTRUCTION, BUT PROVIDED WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PHASE ONE AND ELECT TO CONTINUE WITH SWINERTON LPA TEAM, WE WOULD RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE PHASE TWO FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES.

AND SO WITH THAT, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT COUNCIL APPROVE BOTH AGREEMENTS WITH SWINERTON BUILDERS.

THEY SERVE AS THE PRIME CONTRACTOR. SO THE CONTRACT IS JUST WITH SWINERTON BUILDERS, BUT IT DOES COVER SWINERTON LPA.

JUST TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU APPROVE THE AGREEMENTS FOR BOTH THE FIRE AND POLICE SUB PROJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH MEASURE FP.

AND SO THAT WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THEM.

AND ALSO WE HAVE MICHELLE AND THE SWINERTON LPA TEAMS THAT HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT JUST TO KIND OF INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND SORT OF SOME OF THE SKILLS THAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE FOR THIS PROJECT.

OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT. BUT BEFORE LET ME MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.

YES, SIR. FIRST OFF, I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT.

I APPRECIATE THE BRIEFING THAT YOU I THINK YOU SAT DOWN WITH ALL OF US.

AND I THINK WE ALL GOT THE SAME PACKAGE. I APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

BEFORE WE COME INTO A SESSION LIKE THIS I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE AMOUNT OF WORK.

I THINK THE SOURCE SELECTION WAS CARRIED OUT VERY WELL, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

I KNOW SOME OF THE COMMENTS I HAD PUT ON EARLIER, I SAW REFLECTED IN THERE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON I BELIEVE WHEN WE TALKED, THERE'S A PERCENTAGE SAVINGS SHARE IF THEY COME IN UNDER BUDGET.

YEAH. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE FEATURES OF THE PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT.

ONCE YOU GET TO THAT GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE BASED ON PHASE ONE, IF THERE ARE CONTRACT SAVINGS BASED ON YOU KNOW, THE FINAL PRICE FOR CONSTRUCTION TIMELINES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF THERE ARE SAVINGS, IT WILL BE SPLIT WHERE 80% OF THOSE SAVINGS WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE CITY, 20% WOULD GO TO THE SWINERTON LPA TEAM AS AN INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THESE SERVICES AS QUICKLY AND AS JUDICIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. AND THEN WHAT'S THE SAVINGS? YOU KNOW, WE ASKED THEM TO BID SAVINGS IF THEY BID ON BOTH CONTRACTS.

WHAT'S THE SAVINGS REALIZED FROM GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, HAVING ONE CONTRACTOR DO BOTH? YEAH, SO BETWEEN THE TRUE SAVINGS AND THEN THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE, WE'RE ABOVE A LITTLE ABOVE $800,000 BY GOING WITH A SINGLE ENTITY.

SO THERE'S PER PROJECT SAVINGS. AND THEN ALSO THE INTEGRATED GOVERNMENT GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE WHERE WE HAVE A SINGLE PROJECT EXECUTIVE WITH DEDICATED PROJECT TEAMS. AND SO THAT WILL SAVE ON THAT HIGHER LEVEL OF OVERHEAD.

OKAY, AND WHEN WE DISCUSSED THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, I TOLD YOU, AND IT LOOKS LIKE YOU REFLECTED THAT I DON'T WANT TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

IT'S FIVE POSITIONS. EACH COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD GET ONE PICK.

AND THEN WE ALL BLESS THAT. SO APPRECIATE YOU INCORPORATING THAT.

WHAT IS THE COUNCIL ENGAGEMENT? I MEAN, HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME CHECKPOINTS ALONG THE WAY, NOT JUST WHEN WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO BUILD, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THE DESIGN'S LOOKING LIKE, HOW THE SCHEDULE IS GOING. I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO GET TO THE END AND GO, WE HATE THAT ARCHITECTURE.

SO WHAT IS THE THOUGHT ON ENGAGEMENT OF THE COUNCIL AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, OTHER THAN THE VERY FORMAL APPROVAL TO GO INTO PHASE TWO? AND I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT, MIKE.

YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE DESIGN AS WE GET TO A MEANINGFUL INFLECTION AND RECOMMENDATION.

WE'LL BRING THAT TO COUNCIL FOR SOME FEEDBACK AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN THE PATH.

I THINK RATHER THAN COMMIT TO A SPECIFIC SCHEDULE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL'S BROUGHT ALONG, AND THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DESIGN EFFORT, SO.

I JUST HATE TO GET TO THE APPROVAL PHASE TWO AND GO, WE DON'T LIKE THAT.

OF COURSE. AND THEN INCUR MORE COSTS GOING BACK.

AND OF COURSE, OF COURSE. STUFF. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU MEANINGFUL INFORMATION AND OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO SEQUENCE THAT.

I DID MENTION, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A PREFERENCE GOING FORWARD AND THAT FOR ALL THE EMERGENCY POWER, THE BACKUP POWER THAT WE'RE EVER PRACTICAL, POSSIBLE AND COST EFFECTIVE THAT WE GO WITH SOLAR AND BATTERY, DO THE OPERATIONAL COSTS OF DIESEL GENERATORS AND THE AQMD REQUIREMENTS THERE.

AND I DID SEE SOME COUNCIL COMMENTS GOING BACK AND FORTH ON TERMS.

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THEY'RE NOT A HOLD UP TO THIS APPROVAL. IS THAT.

YES, WE BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THOSE THERE. WELL WELL WELL THOUGHT WE WILL ENDEAVOR TO INCORPORATE THEM.

A LOT OF THEM ARE LEANING TOWARDS THE PHASE TWO AMENDMENT.

I THINK THAT'S THE THE BEST TIME TO IMPLEMENT THOSE THOSE THOUGHTS AND AND CERTAINLY WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO BEGIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH SWINERTON EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND ESTABLISH A BIT OF A PRACTICE THAT THAT'S ALSO OUR INTENTION.

SO I THINK WE FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT AND WE HAVE A PLAN TO INCORPORATE THOSE AT THE RIGHT TIME.

OKAY, SO FOR THE COUNCIL, THE WAY I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR BLESSING IS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, LET'S DO THOSE RIGHT NOW AND THEN HEAR THE SWYNNERTON PITCH.

AND THEN IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM, IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE? OKAY, SO I BRAD, DO YOU HAVE YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? QUESTIONS AND COMMENT, FEEDBACK.

ON THE SCHOOLS WHEN WE WERE DOING THE DESIGN PHASE ONE REALLY IMPORTANT THING WAS THAT WE HAD THE STUDENTS INVOLVED.

SO AS LONG AS I'M ASSUMING THAT THE POLICE AND FIRE ARE INVOLVED IN THIS DESIGN PART, THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE CAME UPON IT.

ON THE SCHOOLS, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, WHETHER THEY DID GREEN AS THE COLOR IN THE STUDENT CENTER.

BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING WHERE THE STUDENTS WENT ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE, WAIT A SECOND, YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE WRONG PATH HERE.

THIS IS REDONDO, NOT MIRACOSTA. YOU GOT TO GO DO THIS.

SO YEAH, YES, WE MAY HAVE FEEDBACK ON THE DESIGN, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH IT DAY IN, DAY OUT, AS LONG AS THEY ARE. I CAN SAFELY SAY THAT WE HAVE VERY ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION FROM REPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH POLICE AND FIRE THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

AND WE CERTAINLY EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE. THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO US IF THERE WERE CONFLICTS AS WELL.

SO FROM THE DESIGN PHASE, I'M REALLY MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING IN THAT MORE THAN WHAT I THINK ABOUT IT.

ALTHOUGH ONE THING THAT DID COME TO ME DURING THE PRESENTATION FOR THE POLICE STATION SOME SORT OF RELOCATION PRESERVATION FOR THE CANINE MEMORIAL AND THE MLK MEMORIAL, BOTH OF WHICH WE'VE GOT THERE.

SO IF THAT'S BEING DEMOLISHED, WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT.

AND THE MOSAIC OUT IN FRONT OF THE CHIEF'S OFFICE, BASICALLY.

SO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT.

ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR SAID ABOUT SOLAR AND BATTERY.

IT'S NOT JUST RESILIENCY FOR THE FIRST RESPONDERS, BUT IF THERE REALLY WAS SOME SORT OF MAJOR DISASTER, WE NEED A PLACE FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO CHARGE CELL PHONES AND TO SEE PEOPLE.

SO HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, I BELIEVE.

AND FOR FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THERE WOULD BE LOOK AT FEASIBILITY OF MAKING THAT A DRIVE THROUGH STATION. STATION ONE, I JUST DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING.

THE STATION TWO THOSE ARE SORT OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED TO STAFF.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING NEW HERE. WELL, THE CANINE, MLK, MOSAIC IS NEW, BUT THE OTHER STUFF I DID MENTION TO STAFF BEFORE, JUST FOR THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT DURING PHASE ONE.

OKAY. AND THAT'S IT. OKAY, COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR COMMENTS? JUST TWO COMMENTS. I SEE IN THE REPORT THERE'S A GREAT TIMELINE OF WHEN WE SHOULD EXPECT THINGS AND SPECIFIC NUMBER OF DAYS, WHICH IS AWESOME. I WONDER IF WE COULD RECEIVE AS COUNCIL LIKE A GANTT CHART OF WHERE WE'RE AT MAYBE LIKE WHETHER IT'S QUARTERLY OR SOMETHING LIKE WE DO WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN SO THAT WE HAVE EYES ON HOW THINGS ARE GOING AND THAT YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG ACCORDINGLY. THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO PESTER YOU AS WELL.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN AS WE GO INTO THE DESIGN SPECIFICALLY FOR THE POLICE STATION WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR LIMITATIONS WITH THE NUMBER WE HAVE FOR AVAILABLE FOR THE BOND.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR US TO THINK ABOUT THE DESIGN IN A WAY THAT CREATES A CLEAR OPPORTUNITY TO GROW IN THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WOULDN'T JUST BE DESIGNING SOMETHING THAT WE JUST TEAR DOWN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER NUMBER OF DECADES FROM NOW TO START OVER, BUT THAT THERE'S A CLEAR WAY THAT WE COULD GROW.

UNDERSTANDING THAT RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE THE POLICE ANNEX.

SO JUST IF WE COULD KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT ALL OF THIS.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE STAFF? GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. ONE THING THAT CAME UP IN OUR MEETING AND THANK YOU, BY THE WAY, LUKE AND CHRISTINE,

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IS THAT CHANGE, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A, THERE'S A TIMELINE BY WHICH THE PHASE TWO WORK WILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED.

THERE'S A, THERE IS A MAXIMUM PRICE BY WHICH, UNDER WHICH IT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED.

THAT ONE THING THAT CAN SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE BOTH THE TIMELINE AND THE MAXIMUM PRICE ARE CHANGE ORDERS, AND CHANGE ORDERS THAT ESSENTIALLY MODIFY THE PLAN THAT'S CONCEIVED OF DURING THE PHASE ONE PROCESS.

DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT? AND I'M LOOKING AT SECTIONS NINE AND SECTIONS EIGHT SPECIFICALLY OF THE RIGHT NOW, THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS CONTRACT. DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO HAVE CHANGE ORDERS IN A, IN PROJECTS OF THIS SIZE AND MAGNITUDE? I MEAN, I THINK WE ENGAGE IN PHASE ONE TO A POINT WHERE WE TRY TO ELIMINATE AS MANY THINGS AS WE CAN FIND IN THAT PROCESS.

LIKE, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THINGS WILL NOT COME UP.

BUT I THINK THIS PROCESS IS, IS DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE THAT LIKELIHOOD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK ALSO IMPORTANT IS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS EFFORT, AND THEN WE START TO LOOK TOWARDS THE PHASE TWO AMENDMENT, ASSUMING WE GET THERE, THAT WE HAVE SOME CLEAR UNDERSTANDING ON HOW CHANGE ORDERS POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE MAXIMUM PRICE AND HOW WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SORT OF CUMULATIVE IMPACT MAY BE. I THINK THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD, AND WE WILL WORK WITH SWINERTON ON OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR TO TRY TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE AS EFFICIENT IN THIS EFFORT AS WE CAN BE.

SO WE I THINK WE APPRECIATE THE SENSITIVITY OF THE QUESTION.

THERE IS SOME EXPECTATIONS THAT THERE WILL BE CHANGES THAT.

THAT'S TYPICAL OF ALL PROJECTS, BUT I THINK WHAT'S KEY HERE IS HOW IS THE.

WHAT ARE THE OBLIGATIONS OF OUR PARTNER IN THIS EFFORT? AND HOW DO THOSE CHANGES POTENTIALLY AFFECT THE OVERALL PRICE, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENDLESS FUNDS, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS. RIGHT. AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE CRITICAL IN THE PHASE ONE TO REACH THE RIGHT PM GMP IS THAT ALL THESE JUST LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER WAS JUST DESCRIBING THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE CONTINUE TO BE HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN THROUGHOUT SO THAT WE DON'T GET TO A POINT WHERE IT'S DESIGNED AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, WAIT, BUT THIS REALLY SHOULDN'T BE RIGHT HERE.

IT SHOULD BE OVER THERE. AND NOW THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 20, 30, $50,000 TO MOVE.

ABSOLUTELY, FUNCTIONALITY AND OPERATIONS ARE CRITICAL TO THIS EFFORT.

WE ALL WANT THE BUILDINGS TO LOOK PRETTY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY ARE FACILITIES THAT NEED TO FUNCTION. AND THEY SERVE A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE. SO THAT'S OUR FOCUS AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUR FOCUS.

OKAY, GREAT. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC, THERE'S GOING TO BE CHANGES AND WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE AN EFFECTIVE CHANGE ORDER MANAGEMENT PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TRACKING IT AND TELEGRAPHING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW, WE KNOW WHY THE GMP IS CHANGING OR, OR NOT SO.

YEAH. AND SO THAT ACTUALLY BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT, WHICH IS THERE'S PROBABLY SOME LEVEL OF, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING GRIFFIN CAN SPEAK TO SOME LEVEL OF CHANGES THAT THAT WE CAN ASSUME WILL OCCUR.

BUT AT A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, DOES A LEVEL OF CHANGE REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL BEFORE.

YEAH, OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT THAT THE CHANGEOVER ORDER AUTHORITY THAT WE CURRENTLY LEND THROUGH OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROCESS AND CITY ENGINEER ETC.

CONTINUES. SO SCOTT AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EARLIER TODAY.

I, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THE, THIS PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD EFFORT, MODIFYING HOW WE ISSUE THOSE TYPES OF CHANGES GOING FORWARD.

SO WE WOULD STILL FOLLOW OUR CITY ENGINEER POLICY, OUR LIMITATIONS.

AND IF THERE'S ANY, IF THERE'S ANY DEVIATION OF THAT, IT WOULD BE CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE WOULD ADDRESS THROUGH THE PHASE TWO AMENDMENT.

AND WE WOULD BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT AND WHAT THAT SEQUENCE LOOKS LIKE.

I'M NOT ENVISIONING ANY CHANGE TO THAT NECESSARILY, UNLESS I'M CONVINCED BY THE TEAM THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO RECOMMEND AN ALTERNATIVE PRACTICE OR PROCEDURE. SO WE HAVEN'T QUITE GOT THERE.

BUT I AM, I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL'S INTEREST HERE, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T WANT US AS STAFF TO HAVE BLANK CHECK AUTHORITY FOR FUTURE CHANGE ORDERS. WE NEED TO WE NEED TO FOLLOW OUR PROCESS.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY HEAD'S AT. BUT. AND WHAT IS JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT I DON'T THINK IT'S.

I THINK $125,000 IS OUR CITY ENGINEER'S CURRENT CHANGE ORDER AUTHORITY.

UNDER. $125,000 CUMULATIVE, CUMULATIVELY, FOR ANY PROJECT.

AND WHAT YOU SOMETIMES SEE FROM US ARE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WHERE WE RECOMMEND AN ADJUSTMENT TO THAT AMOUNT OR AUTHORIZATION BEYOND THAT AMOUNT.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S 10% OF 90 MILLION AND SUDDENLY WE'RE OUT JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKING MAGIC HAPPEN.

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OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, IF WE COULD HEAR FROM SWINERTON.

THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU FOR BIDDING.

WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE PRADA. I'M THE PROJECT EXECUTIVE FROM SWINERTON.

AND THIS IS CHARLIE. COUNTERPART. CHARLIE WILLIAMS, ARCHITECT WITH LPA.

ALSO, THANKS TO CITY STAFF, TO GRIFFIN AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THEY DID. THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH WORK. WE'RE HONORED BY THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH REDONDO BEACH FOR THESE IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECTS.

THIS IS OUR TEAM. SO THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE BROUGHT WITH US TO THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.

THEY'LL BE WITH US THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.

AND THIS IS SWINERTON. SO WE'VE BEEN BUILDING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SINCE 1888.

WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC AND CIVIC PROJECTS.

AND IMPORTANTLY FOR EVERYONE HERE, WE'RE VERY MUCH COMMITTED TO DESIGN, BUILD AND TO PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD.

SO FOR US, THE BEST VERSION OF PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD IS WHEN THE CONTRACTOR AND THE DESIGNER KNOW EACH OTHER AND ARE ABLE TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER WELL.

SO THAT'S US,, SWINERTON AND LPA TOGETHER. WE HAVE, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUR RELATIONSHIP AND HOW FAR BACK IT GOES.

WE, WE'VE BEEN DOING PUBLIC SAFETY AND ALSO CIVIC PROJECTS TOGETHER.

WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THIS PROJECT IS THAT WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S PROCESSES, WE UNDERSTAND HOW WE COMMUNICATE, WE UNDERSTAND HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS TOGETHER.

SO FOR ME, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE DAY ONE, WE'RE READY TO GO.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BRING EFFICIENCIES TO THE PROCESS AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING THOSE PROJECT SCHEDULE MILESTONES IN A MANNER WHERE WE'RE TAKING OFF STARTING DAY ONE. THIS IS SOME OF OUR EXPERIENCE.

SO STARTING ON THE FIRE SIDE THE, THERE'S ONE PROJECT THAT I DIDN'T PUT ON HERE, BUT, MAYOR LIGHT.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU ON THE IN CHARLOTTE, WE JUST FINISHED A FIRE STATION THAT'S 100% OFF GRID AND NET ZERO.

SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE FINISHED THAT LAST YEAR AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE TO DO THE SAME FOR POLICE STATION.

THEY EMPLOYED SOLAR AS WELL AS GEOTHERMAL TO ACHIEVE THAT.

SO THAT WAS INTERESTING. AND THEN ON THE POLICE SIDE TWO NOTEWORTHY HERE ARE RIALTO AND SALINAS BECAUSE WE WORKED WITH LPA ON THOSE AND THOSE HAVE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS ACROSS THE CAMPUS. I THINK, CHARLIE, YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OTHERS THAT WEREN'T HERE AS WELL, THAT ARE NOTEWORTHY AND REPRESENTATIVE? ABSOLUTELY.

MICHELLE SAID ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP IS KEY. AND WE'VE DONE THIS A LOT TOGETHER. ANOTHER FACTOR THAT'S IN THIS PROJECT IS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS.

SO WE'VE HAD SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS. I THINK THE ONE THAT WE'RE MOST PROUD OF IS BUILDING 16 AND 17, WHICH ARE THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS IN ORANGE COUNTY. THOSE HAD OVER TEN DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE TRYING TO PLACATE THE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY GOT WHAT THEY NEEDED AND A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT.

SO THOSE ARE TWO AMAZING PROJECTS THAT WE'RE BOTH VERY PROUD OF.

SO YOU CAN TRUST THAT WE CAN MANAGE DEALING WITH BOTH YOU AS A CITY, THE POLICE AND THE FIRE TOGETHER TO DELIVER WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.

AND WE ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS OF LATE, TO WORK WITH A LARGE COUNTY HERE IN CALIFORNIA THAT IS BALANCING BOTH FIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT, SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRYING TO BRING THOSE TOGETHER.

SO YOU HAVE A WIDE EXPERIENCE LEVEL FROM ALL OF US MANAGING MULTIPLE BUILDINGS AND MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS.

SO PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD. LUKE WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

FIRST. I JUST WANT TO SAY GREAT JOB CHOOSING IT.

I THINK IT'S A VERY I THINK IT'S A VERY EXCITING DELIVERY METHOD FOR EXACTLY SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WERE BRINGING UP.

THE REASON WHY I THINK IT'S GREAT IS BECAUSE IT'S BRINGING THE RIGHT EXPERTS TO THE TABLE TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE RIGHT TIME TO MAKE DECISIONS.

SO NOT TOO LATE, BUT AT THE RIGHT TIME. SO OUR ROLE AT THE TABLE IS GOING TO BE IN OUR TRADITIONAL ROLES, WHICH IS ARCHITECT AND BUILDER, BUT ALSO UNIQUE TO PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD IS THAT WE'RE THERE TO STEER THE PROCESS.

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SO THAT'S LIKE A UNIQUE PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN ADDITION TO BEING ARCHITECT AND BUILDER.

THAT MEANS CREATING A FORUM FOR THE RIGHT EXPERTS TO WEIGH IN AT THE RIGHT TIMES, MAINTAINING TRANSPARENCY SO STAKEHOLDERS CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND MEASURING PROGRESS AGAINST THOSE MILESTONES THAT WE HAVE TO HOLD TO.

WHEN WE'RE SHEPHERDING THE PROCESS CORRECTLY, YOU'LL SEE BASICALLY WHAT LUKE WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS THAT THE PROCESS CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT, BOTH IN TERMS OF DURATION, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS BEING HEARD.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO THIS IS A SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE FIRST 90 DAYS.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. I WOULD SAY THE FIRST 30 DAYS ARE MOST CRITICAL.

IT'S WHEN WE'RE COMING TOGETHER AND DEFINING WHAT THE PROJECT REALLY MEANS.

SO WE HAVE TO DEFINE WHAT THE GOALS ARE. WE HAVE TO DEFINE HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS, AND WE HAVE TO DEFINE WHO IS GOING TO BE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.

WHEN WE HAVE THAT SET UP, THAT'S BASICALLY GOING TO GIVE US A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW THEN WE GO FORWARD AND ARE MAKING DECISIONS ALL ACROSS DESIGN.

WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THAT RULE BOOK, IF YOU WILL, TO BE GUIDING OUR PROCESS.

AND THIS IS SORT OF THE BIGGER SCHEDULE THAT I THINK LUKE HAS GIVEN YOU INFORMATION ABOUT.

I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING TO SEE HERE IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THAT CLASSIC PROGRESSIVE DESIGN BUILD APPROACH WHERE YOU'RE SEEING THAT THE DESIGN IS COMING UP WITH THE COST MODEL SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THIS LINE IN THE SAND OF GMP SUBMISSION, YOU'RE COMING IN WITH COST CERTAINTY AND A DESIGN AND A SCHEDULE. SO BEFORE WE LEAVE YOU, WE JUST WANTED TO LEAVE YOU WITH JUST A FEW IMAGES.

THESE ARE REALLY WE'RE SHOWING YOU THESE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW EXCITED AND COMMITTED WE ARE TO THESE PROJECTS.

THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE FINAL DESIGN BECAUSE OF COURSE, THE FINAL DESIGN IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE REALLY JUST SHOWCASING THE KIND OF ENVIRONMENTS THAT WE THINK ARE POSSIBLE WHEN THE PROCESS GOES WELL.

SO HERE'S FIRE STATION ONE AND FIRE STATION TWO, AND HERE'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY, WITH POLICE, WITH FIRE, WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS TO REALLY DO A GREAT PROCESS.

WE CAN'T WAIT FOR WHAT'S NEXT AND TO BUILD OUR PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. DOES ANY OF THE COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MS. SWYNNERTON LPA COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI SEE YOU GOT YOUR HAND UP.

I THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. SURE. AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD HELPING THE CITY OF REDONDO BEACH ACHIEVE THESE MONUMENTAL BUILDINGS.

SIMILAR TYPE QUESTIONS. HOW MANY CITIES THAT YOU HAVE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STICK TO THE GMP THROUGH PROJECT COMPLETION? THE GOAL IS THAT THE GMP IS COMING SO THAT WE'RE DEFINING WHAT THE COST IS.

AND THEN AFTER THE GMP, THE GOAL IS NO SURPRISES, RIGHT? SO CHANGES ARE CHANGES THAT ARE INITIATED BY THE GROUP COLLECTIVELY.

WE DON'T JUST WANT TO COME OUT OF LEFT FIELD WITH CHANGES.

SO I THINK MAYOR LIGHT SAID IT HIMSELF CHANGES ARISE.

WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS LIKE THE CHANGE IS NOT GOING TO BE A SURPRISE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CHANGE WHEN THEY COME UP.

OKAY. WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE OWNERS TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF COSTLY CHANGES OR INEFFICIENT CHANGES THAT OCCUR ONCE WE GET TO PHASE TWO? I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE COMING UP WITH CORRECT CONTINGENCIES DURING GMP PROCESS.

SO I THINK ON THE SLIDE WHERE I SHOWED THERE WERE MILESTONE MARKERS, THOSE REPRESENTED SOMETHING THAT LUKE AND THE TEAM HAVE PUT TOGETHER.

I THINK IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE, LUKE. SO THOSE THREE MILESTONES ARE THAT WE HAVE TO PRESENT A BUDGET THAT IS COMING UP WITH EACH DESIGN DELIVERABLE.

SO CONCEPT DESIGN, ONE SET OF SCHEMATIC ANOTHER SET OF SCHEMATIC AND THEN DESIGN.

THE BUDGET IS COMING UP WITH THAT. SO AS IT'S KIND OF LIKE WE'RE GOING LIKE THIS.

SO THE BUDGET MAY HAVE A LOT OF CONTINGENCIES.

AS THE DESIGN IS COMING UP, THOSE CONTINGENCIES ARE COMING DOWN AND WE'RE STABILIZING, HOPEFULLY THE BUDGET ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

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YOU GUYS SAID IT YOURSELF. WE DON'T WANT SOMEONE COMING IN YEARS LATER AND SAYING, I THOUGHT THIS ROOM WAS GOING TO BE PINK, BUT IT'S BLUE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT ALL THE RULES ARE SO THAT WE'RE DEFINING THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND THE BUDGET OF THE PROJECT AT THE SAME TIME. YES, CHARLIE. I MAY ADD TO THAT AS WELL.

IF WE COULD GO LUKE THE OTHER SLIDE, THAT WAS THE SCHEDULE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PLANNED INTO THE PROJECT AND SOMETHING WE'VE HEARD IS A SUGGESTION TODAY IS THE WORKSHOPS.

AND SO KEY ENGAGEMENT FROM THE USERS IS CRITICAL.

IF WE DON'T HAVE THE STAKEHOLDERS AT THE TABLE FROM THE OUTSET AND THEY COME BACK TOWARDS THE END OF SCHEMATIC DESIGN, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, WANT TO ADD SOMETHING BACK IN THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED THAT'S WHERE CHANGE ORDERS ARE MOST PREVALENT.

I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD STRATEGY FOR WORKSHOP SET UP THAT'S VERY INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE PARTIES INVOLVED.

THAT'LL HELP YOU HAVE SUCCESS THERE. AND WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED TOGETHER FOR 27 YEARS.

AND I CAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL CITIES THAT WE'VE COLLABORATED WITH BUENA PARK SPECIFICALLY.

IT'S ONE THAT I WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH IN SWYNNERTON.

AND THAT PROJECT WAS DELIVERED UNDER BUDGET. ALL RIGHT.

FUN TIME. YEAH. THAT'S THE OTHER COMPONENT. TIME AND BUDGET.

EXCELLENT. I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF THEY WEREN'T ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. I'LL TELL YOU THAT. AND JUST ONE FOLLOW ON.

SO YOU DISCUSSED WORKSHOPS. ARE YOU INTENDING THOSE WORKSHOPS TO BE WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS ARE GOING TO USE THESE BUILDINGS. ABSOLUTELY.

THEY'RE THE KEY STAKEHOLDER. YES. AND I CAN IMAGINE THAT THE AVERAGE RESIDENT DOESN'T NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT TYPE OF WORKSHOP BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT WORKING IN THE BUILDINGS.

BUT THESE BUILDINGS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE STATIONS ARE PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO TO WHAT EXTENT WILL WE ENGAGE THE RESIDENTS AT ALL RELATIVE TO THE EXTERIOR FACADES OF THESE BUILDINGS? YEAH, WE NEED TO COORDINATE THAT WITH STAFF SPECIFICALLY AT THIS POINT.

BUT IF THAT WAS OF INTEREST, WE COULD CREATE MOMENTS IN THE WORKSHOPS WHERE WE COULD SOLICIT SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON DESIGN.

PROBABLY A LITTLE LESS ON FUNCTION, BUT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THINGS OF INTEREST TO THEM ARE ABOUT MASS AND SCALE HOW IT'S GOING TO INTEGRATE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. SO IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE WORKSHOPS. NOW, IF, IT TURNS OUT THAT ONLY ONE FACADE MATERIAL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO FIT WITHIN OUR BUDGET, THEN I GUESS THERE'S NO REASON TO DO A WORKSHOP, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE PIGEONHOLED TO ONE TYPE OF FINISH.

BUT IF THERE'S SOME OPTIONALITY THERE, THEN WE MIGHT, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S GOING TO BE A BROWN BUILDING VERSUS A GRAY BUILDING, THEN I THINK THAT WE'D WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF AT LEAST ONE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP MEETING TO GET THE FEEDBACK AND SHOW SOME RENDERINGS OR SUCH.

SO THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION. YEAH. I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THAT AS WELL.

GIVE SOME FEEDBACK IF THERE'S SOME OPTIONS, BUT ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IS AN EASY THING THAT WE COULD DO DURING ONE OF THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.

AND I THINK WHAT THEY'RE CONCERNED AGAIN ABOUT MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE MASS AND SCALE.

DOES THIS FIT WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD? THERE ARE SOME EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING FORWARD TO THE CITY BY CREATING A KIT OF PARTS FOR THE TWO FIRE STATIONS SPECIFICALLY.

SO THERE'S SOME REPEATABILITY THERE. BUT YEAH, YOU DO HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED WITH.

AND A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP WOULD BE VERY APPROPRIATE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. YEAH.

ONE QUESTION I'VE GOT FOR YOU GUYS IS WHO IS THE OR WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONTACT FOR STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL AS CONSTRUCTION MOVES FORWARD? WILL IT BE YOU, MICHELLE? THAT IS ME. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'LL BE GOOD. IT IS I, MICHELLE. PERFECT. THAT'S IT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I MEAN, IT LOOKS PROMISING. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH OF THAT ARCHITECTURE AND THE RENDERINGS WILL CHANGE DURING THE PROCESS, BUT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT BLAND, YOU KNOW, CINDER BLOCK.

SO BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A BIG DESIGN DEBATE AMONGST THE COMMUNITY EITHER.

SO WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO. YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO BALANCE THAT.

VECTOR IT INTO. WE'LL HAVE TO BALANCE THAT. AND THERE WILL, WE'LL HAVE TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS TOO. WE, DON'T HAVE UNLIMITED FUNDS. OKAY. YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THAT A FEW TIMES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. AND I HOPE WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME FOR YOU THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. LET'S SEE. SO ONCE AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD LUKE AND CHRISTINE IN PARTICULAR AND ALL THE PD AND FIRE FOLKS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR HOW BIG THIS PROJECT IS I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW QUICKLY IT CAME FORWARD AND HOW DETAILED THE SOURCE SELECTION AND THE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO IT WERE SO WELL DONE. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TOOK TOOK LONGER TO GET A POND IN THAN TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE AT ON THIS.

SO I THINK WE'RE PUTTING ATTENTION WHERE IT'S DUE.

SO THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

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SO THAT'S A MOTION ASKING FOR A SECOND. SECOND.

OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BEFORE WE VOTE WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

DOES ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? OH, OKAY. GEORGETTE GANTNER DISTRICT TWO. I WOULD SUGGEST AS FAR AS EXTERIOR APPEARANCE, HAVE THE LIBRARY IN MIND. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE THAT IS, BUT IT MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY ECHO THE ARCHITECTURE, BUT MAYBE THE COLOR SCHEME COULD BE KIND OF SIMILAR BECAUSE IT'S EARTH TONES OR SOMETHING.

BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A LARGE BUILDING, IT'S ADJACENT AND IT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED.

I FIND IN MY OWN HOUSE I CAN HAVE DIFFERENT STYLES OF FURNITURE, WHICH I DO, BUT THEN YOU CAN TIE IT TOGETHER WITH COLOR.

SO THAT KIND OF WORKS. THE OTHER THING I WOULD JUST BE CURIOUS ABOUT IS AS YOU'RE BUILDING THE POLICE STATION, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE OLD ONE? WILL IT BE, WILL THEY BE? I GUESS THEY HAVE TO BE THERE, BUT WILL THEY BE ACROSS THE STREET AND WILL THEY ELIMINATE THE OLD ONE AT SOME POINT? AND ALSO THE SCALE? I THINK THAT I AGREE IT SHOULD BE SENSITIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT NOT TOO MUCH.

I MEAN, YOU NEED SPACE. IF WE HAVE THE MONEY AND THEY NEED THE SPACE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S IN ITS OWN SPACE. AND IT'S, GOING TO BE A MONUMENTAL, INCREDIBLE.

I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. SO ANYWAY, CAN'T WAIT.

THANK YOU. YOUR SLIDE DID ADDRESS WHICH WHERE WE WERE HOLDING THE CONCURRENT OPERATIONS WHILE THE FACILITIES ARE BEING BUILT. SO THERE IS A WHOLE PLAN. THERE'S A SEPARATE PLAN ON THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. ABILITY OF OPERATIONS. NOTHING'S SET IN STONE YET JUST BASED UPON WHAT WE DISCOVERED IN PHASE ONE.

BUT YEAH, THE PLAN IS TO BE ADAPTIVELY REUSING SOME OF THE POLICE STATION SPACE AND FIGURING OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT TO MAXIMIZE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BOND FUNDING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ONLINE? OKAY. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO ADDRESS THIS ITEM? ANYONE FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WERE IN THE AUDIENCE WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE? ARE YOU HAPPY WITH THE PROCESS OR YOU. CAN'T WAIT.

THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN. WANT TO GO HOME. LET'S KEEP IT MOVING. OKAY, SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME, SINCE WE DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE ANY. I WILL CALL THE VOTE.

AND SINCE IT'S A PRETTY LARGE EXPENSE, I'LL DO A ROLL CALL.

AND BEFORE YOU DO THAT, ELEANOR, WOULD YOU LIKE THE ACTUAL MOTION TO BE READ INTO THE RECORD, OR DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED? OKAY. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

AYE. AND IF I COULD VOTE, I'D VOTE AYE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH THE STAFF TEAM AND TO SWYNNERTON AND LPA.

LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY NEED A BREAK OR PRESS? I DON'T NEED ONE. OKAY. LET'S PRESS. GO AHEAD.

YEAH. WE'LL ROTATE, LET'S PRESS. SO WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM N.1.

I'M SORRY, THAT WAS N.1. TO N.2 THAT'S THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.

AND THE DIRECTIONS TO STAFF RELATED TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND DIRECTION ON THE SCOPE OF THE GENERAL PLAN USE ELEMENT AND ZONING ORDINANCE MODIFICATIONS.

SO WITH THAT YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD COMING.

I THINK IT WAS 2016 WHEN I FIRST GOT ON GPAC TO START WORKING ON THIS TEN YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS.

SO I HEARD SOME COMMENTS ONLINE ABOUT US RUSHING INTO SOMETHING.

I THINK IT'S BEEN THE OPPOSITE. WE'VE ALMOST TAKEN TOO LONG AND THINGS KEEP CHANGING UNDERNEATH US WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS FINALIZED.

SO. THAT WAS ONLY AN 18 MONTH. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.

YEAH, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AN 18 MONTH GPAC. YEAH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SO BEFORE I START THE PRESENTATION OR I SHOULD SAY TO START IT, I WANT TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.

FIRST I'M GOING TO REVIEW THE PRIOR DECISIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MADE ON THE GENERAL PLAN.

WE'VE OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL FOCUSED DISCUSSIONS ON THE LAND USE ELEMENT IN PARTICULAR, AND I'M GOING TO RECAP THOSE. I'M ALSO GOING TO GO BACK TO KIND OF THE BASICS ON THIS AND JUST GIVE A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND SOME OF THE CONTENTS IN THAT. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT LAND USE CHANGES ARE SUBJECT TO THE ARTICLE 27

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SO JUST TO REVIEW SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OVER THE PAST YEAR.

LAST AUGUST WE KICKED OFF A DISCUSSION ON ARTESIA AND AVIATION AS IT PERTAINS TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT.

THE LAND USE ELEMENT INCLUDES POLICIES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THIS CORRIDOR, AND IT'S ALSO CONSIDERED A SPECIAL POLICY AREA, AND THERE'S A REAL STRONG INTEREST FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY TO FOCUS ON REVITALIZATION OF THE CORRIDOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO WITH THAT, THE COUNCIL DID GIVE DIRECTION TO INCREASE THE FLOOR AREA RATIO CAP, OR FAR FROM 0.6 TO 1.5, THAT ALLOW LARGER BUILDINGS THERE. ALSO DIRECTION TO ALLOW FOR SOME MORE INNOVATIVE USES, SUCH AS ROOFTOP DINING AND WE'VE PRESENTED A DRAFT ORDINANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THAT. AND THEN ALSO ALONG THE WAY, WE DEMONSTRATED SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH PARKING.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ALONG THE AACAP.

SO THAT CONVERSATION WAS STARTED IN AUGUST AND WE HAD SOME FOLLOW UP MEETINGS AND THAT WAS RELATED TO LAND USE ELEMENT.

IN JANUARY, WE DISCUSSED HISTORIC PRESERVATION POLICIES IN THE LAND USE ELEMENT, AND THE COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION TO CONTINUE WITH THE INCENTIVES THAT VALUE THE HISTORIC PROPERTIES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS THE MILLS ACT, BUT ALSO TO MAINTAIN THE VOLUNTARY DESIGNATION PROCESS.

IN JANUARY, WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE FAR LIMITS FOR THE PUBLIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ZONES IN THE CITY.

AND THAT'S ALL THE THE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, SUCH AS THE CIVIC CENTER, SCHOOL SITES, BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT, AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE FLOOR AREA LIMITS WOULD BE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES.

CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO CAP SET IN THE GENERAL PLAN UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, UNDER THIS ADOPTED LAND USE ELEMENT, THERE WOULD BE A CAP. ULTIMATELY THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO MAINTAIN WHAT WAS IN THE DRAFT PLAN, WHICH WAS 0.75 FOR MOST CITY PROPERTIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CIVIC CENTER, WHICH WOULD BE 1.25.

AND THEN ALSO 1.25 FOR BEACH CITIES HEALTH. AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE, THE FLOOR AREA RATIO IS BASICALLY HOW MUCH SQUARE FEET A BUILDING COULD BE IN RELATION TO THE SIZE OF THE LOT. SO IF YOU HAVE A LOT THAT'S 1000FT² AND YOU HAVE A 1 FAR, YOU'D BE ALLOWED TO BUILD A 1000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ON IT.

JUST FOR CLARITY. SO IF I COULD JUMP IN REAL QUICK THAT THAT JANUARY 2026 DIRECTION WAS MOSTLY TO SCOPE THE ANALYSIS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE FOR AND WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE FAR'S AS WE GO FORWARD.

YOU DO. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR THE LAND USE ELEMENT IS STILL PENDING ADOPTION.

WE HAVE THAT SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 4TH. THESE MEETINGS WERE WHEN THE COUNCIL GAVE POLICY DIRECTION ON THESE ITEMS, AND WE DECIDED TO BREAK UP SOME OF THE MORE CHALLENGING ITEMS IN THE INDIVIDUAL TOPICS.

SO TO DATE, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED POLICY DIRECTION, BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A FINAL DECISION OR AN ADOPTED DOCUMENT THAT WOULD CODIFY THIS. RIGHT. THANK YOU. IN MARCH 3RD, THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION ON THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OF PUBLIC THAT WERE GOING TO BE CONVERTED TO OPEN SPACE SPECIFICALLY FOR THREE OF THE SCHOOL SITES.

AND AND WE GOT SOMEWHAT GRANULAR WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF HOW THAT WOULD BE DESIGNATED.

AND THEN IN MAY 5TH, THIS WAS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT, BUT IT WAS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN, THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED AN AMENDED HOUSING ELEMENT HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY STATE HCD.

AND WHAT IT DID IS IT CONVERTED THE OVERLAY ZONES THAT WERE IN OUR PRIOR HOUSING ELEMENT INTO MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICTS WITH AN ALLOWANCE FOR RESIDENTIAL. AND I WILL NOTE THAT IN THE DRAFT LAND USE ELEMENT THAT'S BEEN INCLUDED WITH THE PACKET.

WE HAVE A VERSION THAT SHOWS THE RED LINE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT ADOPTION THAT OCCURRED IN MAY.

SO THAT'S A RECAP OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S REVIEW AND POLICY DIRECTION OVER THE PAST YEAR.

AND WE ARE SCHEDULING, TENTATIVELY SCHEDULING FOR THE LAND USE ELEMENT ADOPTION ON AUGUST 4TH.

THERE ARE OTHER ELEMENTS AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN THAT ARE BEING UPDATED.

THERE'S AN OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION ELEMENT, THE SAFETY ELEMENT AND THE NOISE ELEMENT.

THOSE WILL BE FOLLOWING THE LAND USE ELEMENT.

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WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THE REVIEW AND DECISIONS ON THAT WILL GO MUCH QUICKER.

THE LAND USE ELEMENT WILL, REALLY THE LAND USE ELEMENT IS ONE OF THE MORE IMPACTFUL ASPECTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN IN ADDITION TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT, BECAUSE IT SETS THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE CITY.

AND IT'S VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING POLICY DOCUMENTS AND ZONING ORDINANCES.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, MAYOR, THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE GENERAL PLAN DID START IN 2016.

AND TO START THE PROCESS, THERE WAS A VISION THAT WAS DRAFTED AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME, BUT I'VE, I'VE READ THE DOCUMENTS AND FAMILIAR.

AND THAT WAS REALLY A GUIDE FOR THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE GENERAL PLAN.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED A GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THEY MET CLOSE TO 30 TIMES.

I KNOW WE HAD SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE ON THAT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT, AND IT WAS A LENGTHY PROCESS, AND IT REALLY FOCUSED ON THE ASPECTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THE CULTURE OF THE CITY, THE ESTHETIC OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY ENVISIONS FOR ITS FUTURE AND AS IDENTIFIED HERE ON THE SLIDE.

SO SOME OF THE CHANGES TO THE LAND USE ELEMENT WITH THIS THIS UPDATED VERSION.

THE MAPS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. WE HAVE UPDATED DEFINITIONS OF DIFFERENT LAND USE DESIGNATIONS AND TOPICS.

THERE IS THE INTRODUCTION OF SPECIAL POLICY AREAS AND I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A MOMENT.

AND BASICALLY IT BROKE THE CITY UP INTO SEVERAL KEY AREAS THAT NEED SOME EXTRA FOCUS AND POLICY FOCUS.

ONE OF WHICH IS THE AACAP. AND THERE WAS ACTUALLY A DOCUMENT THAT DERIVED FROM THAT, THAT WE DIDN'T WAIT UNTIL THE GENERAL PLAN WAS ADOPTED BEFORE WE MOVED FORWARD.

THERE WERE GOALS RELATED TO HEALTH AND VITALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMICS, AND THEN ALSO HISTORIC PRESERVATION GOALS AND POLICIES.

CURRENTLY, WE DO HAVE A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM.

IT'S IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, BUT THERE ARE NO POLICIES IN OUR LAND USE ELEMENT GENERAL PLAN IN THE CURRENT VERSION, THERE WILL BE IN THIS NEW ONE. SO AS PART OF THIS PRESENTATION, I'VE JUST PROVIDED AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT ARE IN THE GENERAL PLAN. THERE'S SEVERAL MORE.

THIS ONE IS IN RELATION TO GOAL LU-1 LAND USE ELEMENT, ONE BALANCE.

AND IT DISCUSSES THE DESIRE OF THE CITY TO HAVE A BALANCED MIX OF LAND USES OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AND ALSO TO CREATE THAT JOBS, HOUSING BALANCE AND A DIVERSITY IN HOUSING THAT THERE BE A VARIETY FOR DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SITUATIONS. AND IT'S A REAL MIX OF HOUSING. AND THERE IS ALSO A GOAL THAT RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A REAL INTEREST OF THE COUNCIL IN PURSUING THAT FOR THE CITY.

AND IT'S REALLY NECESSARY TO BRING JOBS HERE AND TO HAVE MORE OF A JOBS HOUSING BALANCE.

THE LAND USE ELEMENT REFERENCES THE FACT THAT AT THE TIME IT WAS DRAFTED, APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE RESIDENTS LEAVE THE CITY FOR WORK, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BRING SOME OF THOSE JOBS HERE.

AND WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO ATTRACT GOOD BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES THAT WE THINK THE CITY NEEDS.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE TAX REVENUE FOR THE CITY AND THE FUTURE SUSTAINABILITY OF SERVICES.

SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF POLICIES IN THE LAND USE ELEMENT.

THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES. AND REALLY THESE ARE KIND OF GUIDING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE FUTURE ACTIONS OF THE CITY, SOME OF WHICH WE'VE ALREADY UNDERTAKEN, SUCH AS THE AACAP YOU KNOW, POLICIES AND ZONING UPDATES AND, AND THERE'S OTHERS AS WELL. SO THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT GUIDE FOR FUTURE POLICY WORK.

ALSO IN THE LAND USE ELEMENTS IS A TABLE THAT PROVIDES THE DIFFERENT LAND USE DESIGNATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.

AND THESE ARE TRANSLATED TO ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE ZONING CODE.

AND THERE'S ALSO FLOOR AREA RATIO LIMITS SET FOR THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS IN THAT LAND USE TABLE.

IT'S NOT MANDATORY THAT THERE BE A FLOOR AREA RATIO, BUT IT'S COMMON PRACTICE AND IT'S BASED ON SOME STATUTORY LANGUAGE.

IT TALKS ABOUT THE LAND USE ELEMENT HAVING STATEMENTS ABOUT POPULATION AND BUILDING INTENSITY.

SO FOR OUR GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT, THE FARS ARE DEFINED IN THERE.

THEY'RE ALSO DEFINED IN THE ZONING CODE AS WELL.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL FAR LIMIT AND WHAT IT WAS GOING TO BE SET AT. RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO CAP ON THAT.

HOWEVER, IN THE ZONING CODE, THERE IS A LIMIT ON CIVIC CENTER ONLY AT 1.25, BUT THE REST OF THE SITES ARE AS DETERMINED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

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IT'S BEEN STUDIED. SO THAT'S OPTIONAL. AND I ALSO WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE SPECIAL POLICY AREAS.

THIS IS ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO DISCUSS EACH ONE AT LENGTH.

BUT THERE'S WE HAVE THE AND THEY'RE REFERRED TO AS SPA'S FOR SHORT.

WE HAVE THE NORTH REDONDO REDONDO TECH DISTRICT.

AND THERE'S POLICY LANGUAGE ABOUT MAKING THAT MORE OF A JOB CENTER AND INNOVATIVE JOBS.

WE HAVE ARTESIA BOULEVARD AND AVIATION. I THINK WE KNOW WHAT THE POLICIES ARE THERE AND IT'S REALLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED AND REVITALIZATION AND, AND PLACEMAKING, REALLY MAKING IT A DESTINATION FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE THERE AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THE GALLERIA WAS BROKEN UP INTO A SPECIAL POLICY AREA AND IT REALLY ENVISIONS IT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT THE PLAN IS OR THE ENTITLEMENT FOR THAT SITE, WHICH IS A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT NEAR TRANSIT.

THAT PROJECT DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD YET, BUT THAT IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE CITY.

THERE'S ALSO THERE'S A SPECIAL POLICY AREA, THERE'S A PCH NORTH AND THEN PCH SOUTH.

AND AND THERE'S REALLY AN INTENT TO MAKE THIS SOMEWHAT OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY TO DO PLACEMAKING ALONG THIS, SIMILAR TO THE FOCUS ON THE AACAP BUT THE, AACAP IS PRIORITIZED FIRST AHEAD OF PCH.

AND I KNOW IN PRIOR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, THERE WAS IN AND BASED ON SOME OF THE POLICY LANGUAGE IN HERE, A DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PLAN, A CORRIDOR PLAN FOR THE PCH ALSO.

AND THAT WOULD COME FOLLOWING THE AACAP. SO THAT WOULD BE DERIVED FROM THE LAND USE ELEMENT.

THE RIVIERA VILLAGE IS IDENTIFIED AS A SPECIAL POLICY AREA.

AND REALLY, THE POLICY STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS AREA ARE ESSENTIALLY KIND OF MAINTAINING IT, RETAINING WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY, WHICH I THINK THE CITY IS VERY PLEASED WITH. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH.

IT ALSO DOES IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR PARKING SOLUTIONS THERE AND TO EXPLORE THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S UNDERWAY AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE THE SPECIAL POLICY AREAS.

SO BETWEEN THAT AND THE LAND USE TABLES WITH THE FAR AND THEN THE POLICIES, THAT'S REALLY THE BULK OF THE LAND USE ELEMENT. AND AND IT'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT STANDARDS AND GUIDING POLICY STATEMENTS ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE CITY.

NOW I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT LAND USE CHANGES ARE SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 27.

ARTICLE 27 IS IT'S UNIQUE TO REDONDO BEACH AND IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT ANY MAJOR CHANGE IN LAND USE NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON BY THE PEOPLE IN AN ELECTION, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ACCOMPANYING TRAFFIC STUDY THAT DISCLOSES THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED, PRIMARILY TRAFFIC IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHANGES IN ZONING.

SO IN THE GENERAL PLAN, WHAT'S TRIGGERING THIS IS THE CHANGE IN THE FLOOR AREA RATIO ALONG THE AACAP FROM 0.6 TO 1.5. THERE'S ALSO A CHANGE IN INDUSTRIAL ZONE FAR OF 0.7 TO 1.0.

AND THIS IS STRICTLY FOR THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE NORTH OF MANHATTAN BOULEVARD.

AND THEN ALSO THERE ARE SOME MINOR CHANGES ALONG PCH.

CHANGING THE ZONING DESIGNATION FROM C2 TO C4, WHICH EQUATES TO 0.5 TO 1.0 FAR, AND IT'S FAIRLY LIMITED.

WE INCLUDED A MAP HIGHLIGHTING THE PROPERTIES THAT THIS APPLIES TO.

IT'S NOT ALONG THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF PCH. BUT WE JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

SO OVERALL I'D SAY THE AACAP IS THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL ASPECT THAT'S SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 27.

THE OTHER ONES ARE FAIRLY MINOR. THERE'S ALSO THE FAR REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PI ZONES THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THAT ALSO.

AND THAT'S REALLY TIES INTO MY NEXT TOPIC. SO WHAT STAFF IS SEEKING THE RECOMMENDATION IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE LAND USE ELEMENT.

WE INTEND TO BRING IT FORWARD FOR ADOPTION ON AUGUST 4TH.

IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANY EDITS OR AMENDMENTS MADE OVER THE NEXT MONTH, STAFF CAN WORK ON THOSE.

I THINK IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE TO BRING THIS BACK FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION ITEM PRIOR TO THAT.

IF THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL TOPICS, IF THERE'S NOT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO EXTENSIVE WORK ON IT, BUT IF THERE'S SOME REFINING AND SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE AMENDED OR ADDED,

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WE DID NOT INCLUDE IN THE CURRENT PLAN THE RECENT ADOPTION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

IN PART BECAUSE WHEN WE GOT STARTED ON THIS, THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THIS NEW VERSION HAD NOT BEEN ADOPTED YET.

ALSO, THERE WAS A MEASURE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS MEASURE D THAT EXEMPTED THE HOUSING CHANGES FROM ARTICLE 27. THAT SAID, THERE'S A CASE TO BE MADE THAT IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE CURRENT PLAN AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

AND THE PURPOSE OF ARTICLE 27 IS DISCLOSURE AND DISCLOSING THE IMPACTS THAT'S WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU DIRECT US TO WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO INCLUDE THIS. AND PER THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 27, IT WOULD BE POSTED WITHIN TEN DAYS FROM THE AUGUST 4TH ADOPTION.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE SEEKING DIRECTION ON THE SCOPE OF THE BALLOT MEASURE AND ASSOCIATED WITH ARTICLE 27 THAT WOULD BE SCHEDULED FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.

AND THERE'S REALLY TWO MAIN SUBJECTS OF ARTICLE 27.

THAT'S THE AACAP AND THOSE OTHER COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FAR CHANGES THAT I WENT OVER.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, THE PI, THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL FAR LIMITS THAT ARE SET IN THAT.

SO WE REALLY SEE THAT AS TWO SEPARATE POLICY ISSUES.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL DOES HAVE OPTIONS WITH THIS.

WE CAN COMBINE ALL THESE LAND USE CHANGES AS ONE BALLOT MEASURE AND HAVE THE VOTERS VOTE ON IT AS ONE ITEM.

WE COULD ALSO SEPARATE THOSE AND THEY COULD BE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS FOR THE VOTE.

OR A THIRD OPTION IDENTIFIED AS C HERE IS TO SEPARATE OUT THE PI FAR TO A LATER DATE IN A FUTURE ELECTION.

AND SO THAT WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE PART OF THIS OVERALL VOTE AND UPDATE.

IF THAT WERE TO BE THE CASE, THEN WE WOULD BRING THE LAND USE ELEMENT FOR ADOPTION ON AUGUST 4TH.

HOWEVER, THE FAR LIMITS FOR THE PI WOULD NOT BE DEFINED.

AS IS CURRENTLY THE CASE, IT WOULD BASICALLY BE MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO ON THAT.

AND IT COULD BE AN ISSUE THAT'S ADDRESSED AT A LATER DAY AND IT'S PART OF A SEPARATE ELECTION.

SO THOSE ARE THE CITY COUNCIL'S OPTIONS. AND WE ARE SEEKING GUIDANCE ON THE DOCUMENT ITSELF AND THE ARTICLE 27 ANALYSIS AND THE BALLOT MEASURE. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. AND I ALSO AM JOINED BY OUR PLANNING MANAGER, SEAN SCULLY, WHO'S WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS PROJECT OVER A SPAN OF, I THINK, TEN PLUS YEARS. AND HE WAS THERE ON GPAC. HE'S AVAILABLE. THE FIRST DAY.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR FIRST PAGE OF RECOMMENDATIONS? THE PREVIOUS PAGE TO THE. YEAH, THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. SO FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW, WHAT STRIKES ME IS I'VE FORGOTTEN SOME OF THOSE GOALS AND SOME OF THE POLICIES.

BUT WHAT STRIKES ME IS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE BUILT SOME TIME AGO, THEY'VE WITHSTOOD THE TEST OF TIME, WHICH I THINK IS TESTAMENT IT WAS A DIVERSE GROUP ON THE GPAC.

AND I THINK HAVING TO COMPROMISE TO GET TO THOSE SOLUTIONS HAS PROVEN TO BE YOU KNOW, PRETTY DURABLE FROM A TIMING PERSPECTIVE.

AND THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE GENERAL PLAN. IT WAS SHOOTING TO BE RELEVANT TILL 2040.

AND SO FAR IN MOST OF EVERYTHING I READ THERE, I THINK WOULD, I'D STILL YOU KNOW, ADVOCATE FOR TODAY.

WITH RESPECT TO THE UPDATE TO THE ARTICLE 27 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS RELATED TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT, HAVING BEEN ON BOTH OF THOSE, THE INITIAL INSTANTIATION AND CREATION OF ARTICLE 27, WHICH WAS MEASURE DD AND THEN ALMOST MY ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS AFTER BEING APPOINTED AS MAYOR WAS WITH CITY ATTORNEY MIKE WEBB TO ADDRESS HOW DO WE NORMALIZE ARTICLE 27 AND NOT PUT THE CITY AT JEOPARDY WITH OUR HOUSING ELEMENT? I CAN TELL YOU FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT BILL AND I TRIED TO CREATE AND COMMUNICATE IN THERE IS THAT THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS AND WHATEVER NEW ZONING IS BEING PROPOSED WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE VOTERS WOULD BE, IT WOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF THEM AS THEY'RE MAKING THOSE DECISIONS.

AND WHEN I WORKED WITH FORMER CITY ATTORNEY MIKE WEBB, WE NEVER ADDRESSED WHAT WE ADDRESSED WAS NOT MAKING THE PREVENTING ZONING CHANGES RELATED THAT HAD TO BE INCORPORATED TO MAKE OUR HOUSING ELEMENT TO IMPLEMENT OUR HOUSING ELEMENT.

THOSE WOULD NOT BE PUT TO A VOTE, BUT WE NEVER DISCUSSED EXCLUDING THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF THAT ON FUTURE ARTICLE 27 VOTES.

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IT MAKES NO SENSE TO DO OTHERWISE BECAUSE YOU'D BE MISSING A MAJOR CHUNK OF TRAFFIC GENERATION IN THE ANALYSIS, SO IT WOULDN'T BE REPRESENTING TO THE VOTERS WHAT THE TRUE IMPACT OF THE THE CHANGE WOULD BE BASED ON CURRENT ZONING.

SO I WOULD REQUEST THE COUNCIL DO THAT. IF NOT, IT MAY BE A STRONG OPPONENT TO GOING FORWARD ON THIS.

IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT, NEXT PAGE OKAY, NEXT, NEXT ONE.

SO UNDER B THERE. OH, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ALL, AND I HOPE IT'S STILL TRUE THAT WE CAN GET THAT ANALYSIS DONE AND MAKE THE NOVEMBER ELECTION CORRECT, AND THE PUBLISHING TIMELINES AND ALL THAT FOR MEASURE OR ARTICLE 27.

WE CONFIRMED THAT TODAY. AS LONG AS WE NOTIFY THEM BY TOMORROW.

OKAY. ON THIS ONE, ARE YOU ADVOCATING THE POTENTIAL UNDER B? THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE TWO VOTES ON THE SAME BALLOT? NO, I DON'T THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE FROM THE TIMELINES WE DISCUSSED.

IT WOULD BE VERY CHALLENGING. IT WOULD IT WOULD TAKE SOME CREATIVITY AND PREPARING THE SUBSEQUENT ARTICLE 27 ANALYSIS.

AND, CANDIDLY, IT'S DIFFICULT TO PREPARE DUELING BALLOT MEASURES BY AUGUST 4TH FOR CONSIDERATION.

THERE'S DIFFERENT IMPARTIAL ANALYZES, THERE'S CLEAR QUESTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED AND DRAFTED.

ARTICLE 27 REQUIRES IS IT'S POSTED BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

POSTED INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS SO THAT THAT THAT BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR US TO ACHIEVE.

SO IF THERE'S INCLINATION TO SEGREGATE WHAT I WOULD CALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED ACTIONS, WHICH IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF FIRST TOPIC THAT MARC DESCRIBED VERSUS THE PI ACTIONS.

MY STRONG RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT WE NOT ONLY DECOUPLE THOSE, BUT WE FOCUS THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION OF THE COUNCIL EXCLUSIVELY ON THE FORMER, ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED ITEMS. AND THEN WE WE PUNT THE OTHER ITEMS TO A LATER ELECTION DATE.

YEAH. SO TO ME, THE ONLY REAL OPTIONS ARE A AND C.

REAL OPTIONS BEING THE PREFERRED OPTION. YEAH.

OR A AND C, I WILL TELL YOU FROM AN ARTICLE 27 PERSPECTIVE, IT GETS.

BILL AND I NEVER INTENDED TO TAKE EACH ELEMENT OF EVERY MAJOR ZONING CHANGE AND PUT THEM AS A CAFETERIA PLAN TO VOTE ON BECAUSE THE ANALYSIS TO SHOW THE INDEPENDENT IMPACTS AND THEN THE POTENTIAL COMBINATION AND PERMUTATION IMPACTS GETS ONEROUS.

AND EVEN IF THE CITY COULD PRODUCE IT, IT'S DOUBTFUL HOW MANY OF THE RESIDENTS WOULD EVER DECIPHER IT ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND IT.

SO WE NEVER INTENDED. AND THERE'S AN EXAMPLE IN MEASURE G THERE WAS TWO MAJOR COMPONENTS TO THAT.

THERE WAS A LOT OF SMALLER ONES, BUT ONE WAS PUTTING PARK LAND ON THE AES POWER PLANT SITE, WHICH WE TOTALLY SUPPORTED. AND THEN THERE WAS THE INCREASE IN THE CAP OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE HARBOR, WHICH WE DIDN'T SUPPORT. BUT YET NONE OF THE PUBLIC WHO WAS INVOLVED IN MEASURE DD IN ARTICLE 27 SAID, NO, YOU'VE GOT TO DIVIDE THOSE TWO OUT BECAUSE WE INTENTIONALLY WROTE IT SO THAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER.

BECAUSE FOR THE REASONS I SAID BEFORE, THE COMBINATIONS AND PERMUTATIONS ANALYSIS GETS ONEROUS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THE COUNCIL WOULD ONLY CONSIDER A AND C AND TO HELP DIRECT THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF GET WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS, BUT FROM A P.I.

PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WE'VE BEEN BOMBARDED THE LAST COUPLE DAYS.

AND A LOT OF THEM WERE REQUESTING THAT WE SEPARATE OUT THE P.I.

ZONE FAR VOTE. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL WHERE YOU'RE AT ON THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER WHERE DO YOU STAND ON ON SEPARATING THE TWO? I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS ALL JUST DONE.

LIKE YOU SAID. OUR FIRST AACAP OR, OUR FIRST GPAC MEETING WAS, I THINK APRIL OF 2017 WITH JOHN AND LENA RUNNING EVERYTHING AND PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WERE PART OF IT AS WELL. BUT AFTER TALKING TO STAFF, I'M LIKE YOU, I WOULD BE OKAY SEPARATING IT INTO TWO SEPARATE THINGS. AND AS MIKE WITZANSKY SAID IF THE THE PI TAKES LONGER, IT TAKES LONGER. I DON'T THINK TRYING TO RUSH IT ALL AND GETTING IT ALL IN ONE ELECTION WOULD WORK.

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COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE WHAT ARE YOUR FEELINGS? I THINK IT'S BEST TO SEPARATE THEM INTO SEPARATE ELECTIONS.

GO WITH THE ECONOMIC ZONING AND SEPARATE PI IN A LATER DATE SORT OF PUNT THAT THAT ISSUE.

COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. YEAH, I THINK THE PRIORITY IS ABSOLUTELY THE ECONOMIC YOU KNOW, CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AND WE SHOULD HAVE MADE THEM MANY YEARS AGO.

THE PI CHANGES I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK JUST TO COMMUNICATE WHAT THOSE CHANGES WOULD BE, AND TO CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE IMPACT OF A YES OR NO VOTE WOULD BE IS IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER AT A LATER DATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI, WHERE ARE YOU AT ON THAT? IF YOU COULD LINE UP 2B, I WILL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHERE I AM.

SPEAKING OF SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK. 2B. RIGHT.

HERE ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD. THIS TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHAT ORDER WE NEED TO DO IT, AND WHERE MY PRIORITY IS MY EXCLUSIVE FOCUS. THE WHOLE REASON I'M ON COUNCIL, THE REASON WHY I CAME TO COUNCIL WAS TO FIX THIS STREET, AND IT'S TAKEN FIVE YEARS. I WANT TO THANK STAFF, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS NOW. THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS WHILE YOU'RE DOING A MILLION OTHER THINGS.

YOU'RE GETTING RAVE REVIEWS FROM IMPULSE. THEY'RE SAYING YOU'RE FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS, HELPING THEM MEET THEIR DEADLINES.

YOU'RE GETTING GREAT REVIEWS FROM THE DEEP END LIVE THAT JUST OPENED UP.

SO ID THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR THAT MATTER. MARTHA'S.

YEAH. SO YOU'RE DOING TREMENDOUS WORK, AND I TOTALLY RYAN WERE I IN YOUR SHOES I TOTALLY WOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE HOUSING ELEMENT TOO, FROM THE ANALYSIS, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MAYOR IS COMING FROM, SO I'LL GET TO A MOTION AFTER WE FINISH THIS STRAW POLL.

YEAH, I SEPARATE THEM EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, SEPARATING THEM OUT AND TAKING CARE OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ITEM.

OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI, IS YOUR HAND STILL UP OR IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? MY HANDS UP IF YOU'RE READY TO. GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT.

SO AS I JUST SHOWED, ACTUALLY, THAT WAS A SLIDE I'M PREPARING FOR MODERATING PANEL THIS SATURDAY.

ICA INDEPENDENT CITIES ASSOCIATION RELATIVE TO RETHINKING MAIN STREET.

AND OUR SPEAKERS ARE GOING TO BE ARIAS WHO THE CITY HAS RETAINED, AS WELL AS ELLEN SCHWARTZ FROM THE UCLA CENTER FOR PARKING POLICY.

AND WE ABSOLUTELY NEED THESE CHANGES ON ARTESIA BOULEVARD.

DO YOU WANT TO LIGHT UP 2B AGAIN? YOU KNOW WHAT LET'S LIGHT IT BACK UP. YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SHOWING THERE IN CASE YOU DON'T.

AND WHAT WE SEE HERE. WE'RE SEEING BLACK RIGHT NOW.

LET'S SEE. NO, IT WAS SHOWING. YOUR SCREEN WAS SHOWING, BUT IT WAS JUST SHOWING THE THE TOOLBAR AT THE BOTTOM.

IT MUST HAVE SWITCHED FROM PRESENTER VIEW. YEAH. ONE SECOND. LET ME JUST DO THIS NOW. SEE IF THIS WORKS.

THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT ARTESIA BOULEVARD HAS BECOME IS A PRODUCT OF THE LAND USE REGULATIONS THAT ARE THERE NOW.

WHAT HAPPENED ORIGINALLY WAS A 0.5 FAR, MEANING YOU CAN ONLY BUILD ON 50% OF THE LAND THAT YOU HAVE THERE.

THERE WAS NO INCENTIVE TO PUT YOUR STORE ON THE NEXT TO THE CURB, BECAUSE PEOPLE NEEDED TO PROVIDE AN EXCESS AMOUNT OF PARKING.

AND SO IT SHOULD BE CALLED PARKING BOULEVARD, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES THAT WE HAVE ON THIS STREET IN ADDITION TO THE STREET PARKING. AND THE VACANCIES OF THE PARKING LOTS.

SO THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. AND THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT IS BY INCREASING THE FAR TO 1.5 ALLOWING DINING DECKS, PROMOTING THE COMPLETE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD, SOME OF THE OLD BUILDINGS ON THIS BOULEVARD AND MAKING IT EASIER SINCE WE'VE ALREADY DONE IT REMOVING THE PARKING REGULATIONS FOR PEOPLE TO OPEN UP NEW BUSINESSES THERE WITHOUT REQUIRING THEM TO PROVIDE ONEROUS PARKING SPOTS. SO MOVING ON THINKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL ZONE ESPECIALLY AS WE BUILD NEW FIRE STATIONS, POLICE STATIONS I'M SURE THAT OUR NEW FIRE AND POLICE STATIONS WILL COME IN UNDER 1.25,

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NOT MANHATTAN BEACH LIKE MANHATTAN WITH HIGH RISES SO THAT THERE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO I'M NOT SURE, THAT WE, AS A COUNCIL RIGHT NOW SHOULD RECOMMEND TO THE RESIDENTS TO IMPOSE AN FAR LIMIT ON THE CITY'S OWN LAND BECAUSE GREAT. YEAH. THESE FIRE STATIONS ARE INTENDED TO LAST US, YOU KNOW, 10, 15 YEARS.

BUT IF THE POPULATION OF REDONDO BEACH DOUBLES, WE'RE GOING TO NEED DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF FIRE RIGS AND DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF FIREFIGHTERS POTENTIALLY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO INCREASE THOSE OR THE CITY IS GOING TO NEED TO INCREASE THOSE.

THAT'S LONG BEYOND WHEN WE'LL BE SERVING HERE.

BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR US TO PUT A CAP RIGHT NOW ON THE CITY'S LAND.

BUT WITH THAT SAID THERE ALSO SEEMS TO BE A MISNOMER IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE MISNOMER IS THAT BY PUTTING A FAR LIMIT ON PROPERTY, WE'RE CONFERRING RIGHTS TO ANYBODY.

AND THAT IS JUST NOT THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. AND ACTUALLY, WHEN PEOPLE WRITE TO US AND THEY SAY STOP BCHD.

WHAT I WANT TO TELL FOLKS IS TAKE A LOOK AT OUR MUNICIPAL CODE AND I MEANT TO DOWNLOAD 10-5.2506 ON.

2B AGAIN, PLEASE.

I NEED TO DRAG IT. NOPE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IN ANY EVENT, I DON'T NEED TO DISPLAY THIS.

THE MUNICIPAL CODE HAS REGULATIONS AS FAR AS CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS.

IF BCHD WANTS TO BUILD RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY ON THEIR PROPERTY AS IS INTENDED, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

THAT IS WHERE THE CITY HAS REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER THE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. AND BCHD WILL HAVE TO APPLY AND THEY'LL GO FIRST THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT THEY DON'T LET PROJECTS THROUGH EASILY.

THEY'LL PUT THEM THROUGH THE RIGMAROLE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE RIGMAROLE. AND THEY WILL HAVE BCHD WILL HAVE TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS TO THE SCALE OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS, THE CRITERIA IN OUR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ORDINANCE, WHICH IS THE SITE FOR THE PROPOSED USE, SHALL BE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE COASTAL LAND USE PLAN, OR THAT IS, FOR THE COASTAL SPACE SHALL BE ADEQUATE IN SIZE AND SHAPE TO ACCOMMODATE SUCH USE AND ALL SITE SETBACKS, ETCETERA. THE PROPOSED USE SHALL HAVE NO ADVERSE EFFECT ON ABUTTING PROPERTY OR THE PERMITTED USE THEREOF.

AND AND THEN IT GOES THROUGH OTHER ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT CAN BE IMPOSED.

AND IF THE PUBLIC DOESN'T LIKE IT AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DONE, OR IF BCHD DOESN'T LIKE IT AFTER THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DONE, THEN ANYBODY CAN APPEAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AT WHICH POINT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE WHAT PROJECT DOES OR DOES NOT MOVE FORWARD. AND WE DO HAVE TO RESPECT WE CANNOT BE CAPRICIOUS, WE CANNOT BE ARBITRARY.

AND WE DO HAVE TO RESPECT THE RIGHTS THAT BCHD HAS UNDER THE ZONING AND AS AN OWNER OF PROPERTY.

SO WITH THAT SAID, IMPOSING AN FAR LIMIT RIGHT NOW FOR BCHD DOESN'T CONFER ADDITIONAL RIGHTS FOR THEM.

ACTUALLY, IT CAPS WHAT THEY CAN DO. BUT IN ANY EVENT, SINCE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THIS, I HAVE NO DESIRE TO CONFUSE THEM OR TO MAKE THEM PANIC FURTHER AND TOUCH THE FAR ISSUE RIGHT NOW PERSONALLY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEPARATE IT OUT, AND I DON'T WANT TO MIX IT WITH ARTESIA BOULEVARD BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH ONE ANOTHER.

SO I WOULD DELAY THE PI FAR ISSUE FOR ANOTHER DAY, BOTH AS TO CITY PROPERTY AND AS TO THE BCHD PROPERTY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY.

AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SEPARATE OUT THE ARTESIA AND AVIATION.

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LET'S SEE IF THAT JUMPS ON. THIS WILL BE A LITTLE CLEARER.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S NOT WORKING. BUT SEPARATE OUT THE ARTESIA AND AVIATION BOULEVARD AND OTHER COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL FAR INCREASES PURSUANT TO WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED FOR PCH NORTH, SOUTH AND THE INDUSTRIAL USES AND FROM THE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL PI ZONE WILL DEFER THE DECISION ON THE PI ZONE FAR LIMITS TO A LATER DATE.

THE HOUSING ELEMENT CHANGES NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ARTICLE 27 ANALYSIS, AND THE ARTICLE 27 ANALYSIS NEEDS TO INCLUDE THREE THINGS. THE AS BUILT ENVIRONMENT, THE MAXIMUM BUILD UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING AND THE MAXIMUM BUILD UNDER THE NEW LAND USE REGULATIONS. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANTED MAYOR. THAT'S WHAT ARTICLE 27 SAYS.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE MAKING IT SPECIFIC AND THAT'S PART OF THE MOTION. AND THAT'S IT.

DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK THAT COVERS IT.

AND DIRECTION TO PREPARE CORRESPONDING BALLOT MEASURES.

THE CORRESPONDING BALLOT MEASURE FOR AUGUST 4TH CONSIDERATION.

YES. AND PLEASE PREPARE THE MOTION TO PREPARE CORRESPONDING BALLOT MEASURES.

IS IT GOING TO NEED THREE LETTERS OR TWO LETTERS? I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO TWO LETTERS. OKAY. SO A R T IS OUT OF THE PICTURE.

OH. YOU WANT THREE? YEAH. CAN WE DO THREE? I'LL ASK.

ALL RIGHT. AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE GET BACK. ALL RIGHT SOUNDS GOOD. I'M GOING TO SECOND IT.

DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE? NO. THAT COVERS OUR CONSIDERATIONS.

JUST GO BACK TO THE RECOMMENDATION SLIDE. YEAH.

YEAH. SO THAT'S EFFECTIVELY OPTION C AND THEN GOING BACK ONE IT'S COVERING THE ITEMS LISTED.

ONE MORE BACK THERE. MARC SECOND. YEAH. NEXT.

NO NO NO. SORRY. GO BACK TO YOU. YEAH. THERE YOU GO.

UNDER THE ONE PARENTHETICAL. THE PROPOSED INCREASES INCLUDE THE FAR CAP ALONG ARTESIA AVIATION AND THEN THE OTHER INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONE CHANGES, BASICALLY COVERING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RELATED GENERAL PLAN, LAND USE ELEMENT UPDATES AS OUR TEEING THAT UP FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL CONSIDERATION ON AUGUST 4TH ALONG WITH US THE CORRESPONDING BALLOT MEASURE THAT WOULD THEN BE PRESENTED TO VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.

OKAY. CAN WE GO BACK ONE MORE? AND ITEM TWO THERE AS WAS NOTED, WOULD THE ARTICLE 27 ANALYSIS WOULD BE UPDATED TO INCORPORATE THE HOUSING ELEMENT? AND ALREADY ONE AND TWO HAVE BEEN ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE REVIEW.

THIS ADDS THE HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS AS COMPARED TO THE AS BUILT CONDITION AND THE CURRENTLY PLANNED CONDITION WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDED.

OKAY. SECOND. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK TO THIS BEFORE I GO TO THE PUBLIC? OKAY. DO WE HAVE CARDS? WE HAVE CARDS. I JUST WANT TO MENTION, ON AUGUST 4TH EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED.

WE'LL HAVE WE'LL NEED THE BALLOT TITLE. WE'LL HAVE THE ORDINANCE.

ARGUMENTS FOR THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE PRESENTED ON AUGUST 4TH BECAUSE THAT IS THE DEADLINE.

JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND. SO WILL WE GET DRAFT BALLOT TITLES ET CETERA BEFORE THEN SO THAT WE CAN TWEAK THEM? OR SHOULD WE FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE TO WORK ON IT? YEAH, WE THAT MAY BE WORTH CONSIDERING.

WE COULD COME BACK EVEN WITH A DISCUSSION, PERHAPS ON SOME OF THESE ITEMS ON THE 21ST.

WHAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN FROM A SCHEDULING STANDPOINT IS WE NEED YOU.

WE NEED THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAND USE ELEMENT UPDATE AND CORRESPONDING ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGES TO COINCIDE WITH THE AUGUST 4TH DATE, BECAUSE WE NEED THAT TIME TO FULLY BAKE THE ARTICLE 27 ANALYSIS UPDATE AND THEN HAVE THE TEN DAYS BASICALLY, BY AUGUST 14TH, THE ABILITY TO POST THE UPDATED LANGUAGE CONSISTENT WITH THE CHANGES.

SO THAT'S READY FOR VOTER CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THE FINAL BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

SO I THINK IT IS PRUDENT TO GET A SUBCOMMITTEE SO WE CAN GET WORDING.

WELL, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO FORMULATE A SUBCOMMITTEE TO ASSIST WITH THOSE WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE BALLOT DOCUMENTS, THAT WOULD ALSO BE AN OPTION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO TEE IT UP FOR THE FOURTH.

BUT I DO THINK THERE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON THIS.

HOW ABOUT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT FORMS A SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THAT PURPOSE OF AND I THINK SINCE YOU GUYS ARE THE MOST PASSIONATE ON AACAP, YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT AND. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC IS PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AS WELL.

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THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING. YEAH. IT WOULD, IT'S A LOT OF WORK TO GET THIS TEED UP.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONG NIGHT ON THE FOURTH. IF WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THAT THAT EVENING.

WE WILL BE PREPARED TO DO IT IF THAT'S NECESSARY.

SO WE'LL DO THE SUBCOMMITTEE. HAVING A SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD HELP US ADVANCE THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI AND I.

AND DO YOU WANT TO BE ON IT. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT WOULD BE GREAT.

OKAY. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND ME MYSELF ON IT. IF YOU FEEL LIKE DOING SOME WORK.

YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS INT ROLLING UP MY SLEEVES.

OKAY. AND THEY WOULD COME BACK ON THE 21ST. WE DON'T HAVE TO.

IF THERE'S A SUBCOMMITTEE, I THINK WE CAN WORK ON THIS AND HAVE IT ALL PREPARED FOR THE FOURTH. IF YOU WANTED TO COLLECTIVELY TO INVOLVE YOURSELVES, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST PERHAPS A FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION ON THE 21ST.

OKAY WE WILL LEAVE IT AS IS FOR NOW. BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE MORE SENSE TO DO THE SUBCOMMITTEE. OKAY, I'LL DO THIS. I'LL BE OUT OF TOWN. SO YOU GUYS JUST JUST DO IT.

BRING YOUR CELL PHONE. LET'S JUST. BRING YOUR COMPUTER.

SCHEDULE TO HAVE THE RESULT OF WHAT WE DO BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL ON THE 21ST SO THAT ANY TWEAKS ANYBODY WANTS TO MAKE, THEY CAN PLAN ON IT. THAT'S FINE. WE CERTAINLY CAN. WE CAN CERTAINLY RE AGENDIZE IT.

I DON'T WANT TO GET IT. I WANT TO GET INPUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. YES. SO I MAKE THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.

JULY 21. AUGUST 21ST. JULY 22ND. I'LL BE HERE.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO SUBCOMMITTEE AND A FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION AS.

YOU TAKE THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. YES. THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

TO FORM THE SUBCOMMITTEE. THAT'S WHAT HE JUST SAID.

HE MADE THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT YOU SUGGESTED, AND I SECONDED IT.

OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND WE WILL WORK. JOY AND I AND ELEANOR WILL WORK TOGETHER TO HELP ASSIST THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO ADVANCE THESE DRAFT CONSIDERATIONS. OKAY. SO NOW, PUBLIC, AS YOU TESTIFY, YOU'VE GOT THE YOU HAVE A VERY FORMAL VIEW OF THE DIRECTION THE COUNCIL IS HEADING RIGHT NOW. SO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN AIM YOUR ARGUMENTS AT WHAT YOU'VE HEARD.

SO YOU'RE NOT SHOOTING IN THE DARK. SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, WE HAVE TO ALTERNATE FOR THE NEW BROWN ACT RULES.

SO THE FIRST CARD I HAVE IS EMMA RAMIREZ. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO AN ONLINE DIAL IN PARTICIPANT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS EMMA RAMIREZ. I'M 17 YEARS OLD AND I SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE ALL COVE BEACH CITIES YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN THE 1.25 FLOOR AREA RATIO FOR THE BCHD CAMPUS THAT YOU UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BACK IN JANUARY.

AS YOU DISCUSSED THE LAND USE ELEMENT AND MOVE TOWARD THE FINAL APPROVAL ON AUGUST 4TH.

WHILE THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT LAND USE POLICIES FOR THE ENTIRE CITY TONIGHT, THESE CHOICES DIRECTLY IMPACT THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.

FOR A YOUNG PERSON IN REDONDO BEACH, MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT A POLICY DEBATE.

IT IS A LIVED EXPERIENCE. AND SOMETIMES THAT EXPERIENCE LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE SITTING OUT ON A CROWDED CAMPUS QUAD, SURROUNDED BY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TALKING BUT FEELING COMPLETELY INVISIBLE.

WHEN A YOUNG PERSON GOES MONTHS DEALING WITH IMMENSE ACADEMIC OR LIFE PRESSURE, FURTHER COMPLICATED BY DEALING WITH TOTAL ISOLATION DAY BY DAY, IT TURNS INTO SLOWLY CREEPING ANXIETY THAT MAKES THEM QUESTION THEIR WORTH.

MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY SUFFER THROUGH THAT SILENCE, COMPLETELY ALONE.

THEY REACH A BREAKING POINT BEFORE ANYONE EVEN NOTICES.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHY ALLCOVE IS SO IMPORTANT. RIGHT NOW SEEING CONSTRUCTION, FINALLY, BEGINNING AT OUR PERMANENT SITE ON BERYL STREET, IS PROOF OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CITY INVESTS IN YOUTH WELLNESS.

THIS NEW BUILDING WILL GIVE THE CARE ALLCOVE ALREADY PROVIDES AN EXPANDED HOME, MAKING SURE WE ARE ABLE TO REACH EVERY SINGLE LOCAL YOUNG PERSON WHO FEELS INVISIBLE OR HELPLESS. BUT FOR ALLCOVE AND THE REST OF THE HEALTHY LIVING CAMPUS TO FULLY THRIVE AND MEET THESE GROWING NEEDS, BCHD NEEDS LAND USE FLEXIBILITY. MAINTAINING THE 1.25 FAR PROTECTS THE ROOM OUR LOCAL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO GROW WELL INTO THE FUTURE, NOT ONLY FOR THE YOUTH, BUT FOR FAMILIES AND OLDER ADULTS AS WELL.

AS PART OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUTH EXPERIENCES AND NEEDS ARE BUILT DIRECTLY INTO LOCAL HEALTH RESOURCES.

TONIGHT WE ASK YOU TO STAND WITH US. PLEASE MAINTAIN THE 1.25 THE 1.25 FAR SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD A STRONGER, PERMANENT FOUNDATION FOR WELLNESS IN REDONDO BEACH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE? YES. MARK NELSON. GO AHEAD MARK. OKAY. QUICK COMMENT FIRST.

ALMOST EVERY COASTAL CITY COUNTS PARKING RAMPS AS PART OF THE FAR MANHATTAN, HERMOSA, SANTA MONICA.

HUNTINGTON. SO, YOU KNOW, THE MERE MEASUREMENT PROBLEM HERE IS A REAL PROBLEM.

FAR 1.25 IN REDONDO IS FAR 1.75 PROBABLY IN THOSE OTHER CITIES.

SO THERE'S A REASON THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS RIGHT.

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THE ACTION UP ZONE ONLY BEACH CITIES TO A FAR OF 1.25, COUPLED WITH THE RECORD FROM JANUARY 20TH AND COUPLED WITH BEACH CITIES THREAT TO SUE, CLEARLY ESTABLISHES SPOT ZONING.

THERE'S REALLY NO QUESTION THERE. IT'S WRONG.

IT'S ILLEGAL. EVEN BEACH CITIES ATTORNEYS THAT WE PAY FOR SAY THAT.

THE SAME IS LARGELY TRUE AT 200 PCH, WHERE YOU'RE TAKING A P-SF UP TO 1.25, I THINK, AND YOU'RE SKIPPING ALL THE REST OF THE THE P-SS. SO I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI AND I ARE IN LAWFUL AGREEMENT THAT EITHER ALL OF IT'S 0.75 OR ALL OF IT'S 1.25. IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AND I'M FINE WITH ALL THE P-SF GOING TO 1.25, AND I'M FINE WITH ALL THE P-CF GOING TO 1.25 BECAUSE I'M A STAKEHOLDER AS A TAXPAYER AND THIS IMPACTS ME.

BEACH CITIES HAS A SELF-INFLICTED WOUND. THEY SPENT 36% OF THEIR EMPLOYEE BUDGET ON THEIR EXECUTIVES.

IF THAT HAPPENED AT REDONDO, YOU'D BE SPENDING LIKE $13 MILLION A YEAR AND MIKE WOULD HAVE A WAY NICER CAR, PROBABLY. SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY LUDICROUS TO REWARD THEM FOR STUPID.

BUT I'M AFRAID IN THE FUTURE THAT WE COULD ALL HAVE THIS PROBLEM THAT MR. OBAGI BROUGHT UP WHERE WE NEED SPACE AND WE NEED REVENUE.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN EVERYBODY GOES UP TO 1.25.

ALL THE SCHOOLS, ALL OF THE PCF, ALL THE REST OF IT, CIVIC CENTER DON'T CARE.

IT'S SEPARATELY ZONED. IT CAN BE WHATEVER IT IS.

SO I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED THAT THIS THING TURNS INTO A MESS BECAUSE WE WIND UP LETTING BEACH CITIES GET A FREE PASS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO MANAGE ITS OWN MONEY.

SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS WITHIN THE FIRST ONE QUARTER MILE, WHICH IS THE BLAST ZONE FOR BEACH CITIES NOTICING, HAVE LOST BETWEEN 80 AND $110 MILLION OF PROPERTY VALUE.

SO WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE TALL BUILDINGS OR ANY MORE SQUARE FEET.

WE NEED TO CLAMP DOWN ON THIS. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS WHAT THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR.

THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS TO GO FORWARD WITH THE ZONE.

THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE RELATED TO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SPACES AND THE PI ZONE FAR AND VOTE HAVE WE'VE KICKED THAT. WELL, THE CURRENT MOTION WOULD PUT THAT OUT TO THE FUTURE.

SO THERE'S NO CURRENT ACTION RELATED TO THAT GOING ON ON ANY BALLOT IN THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE FOLKS CAN FOCUS THEIR COMMENTS ON THE MOTION AT HAND RATHER THAN AS THOUGH THEY'RE ALL BUNDLED.

SO NEXT CARD I HAVE IS ERIC, IS IT HARRAH'S OR JAREZ? JAREZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS ERIC JAREZ. I'M 16 YEARS OLD AND I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY AS A MEMBER OF THE ALLCOVE BEACH CITIES YOUTH ADVISORY GROUP.

WHEN I THINK ABOUT WHY I BECAME INVOLVED IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS, I THINK BACK TO A YOUNGER VERSION OF MYSELF WHO NEEDED A PLACE TO FEEL SUPPORTED, UNDERSTOOD, AND SAFE. GROWING UP AS A TRIPLET WAS NOT ALWAYS EASY.

MY PARENTS CARRIED THE IMMENSE PRESSURE AND STRESS OF RAISING THREE CHILDREN AT THE SAME TIME.

AND DURING SOME OF THE HARDEST MOMENTS, THAT STRESS AFFECTED THE WAY MY FAMILY FUNCTIONED.

I EXPERIENCED CHALLENGES AT HOME THAT MADE GROWING UP DIFFICULT.

AT THE SAME TIME, I OFTEN FELT LIKE I DID NOT FIT THE MOLD THAT WAS EXPECTED OF ME.

WHILE MY BROTHERS SEEMED TO NATURALLY FIT CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS, I STRUGGLED WITH FINDING WHERE I BELONGED.

BY MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WAS FACING SIGNIFICANT STRUGGLES WITH MY MENTAL HEALTH, INCLUDING SEVERE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION.

I REACHED A POINT WHERE I NEEDED SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE TO FIND MY WAY FORWARD.

TODAY, I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM IN A MUCH HEALTHIER PLACE.

I HAVE REBUILT A SAFE AND POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH MY FAMILY, GROWN STRONGER THROUGH MY EXPERIENCES, AND LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING PEOPLE AND PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE SUPPORT WHEN SOMEONE NEEDS IT.

THE REASON I SHARE THIS PART OF MY STORY IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SUPPORT SYSTEMS CAN COMPLETELY CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF SOMEONE'S LIFE.

IF I DID NOT HAVE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN ME LISTEN TO ME AND HELPED ME MOVE FORWARD, MY STORY COULD HAVE LOOKED COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

THAT IS WHY I SUPPORT THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT AND THE IMPORTANT HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS IT PROVIDES TO OUR COMMUNITY.

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AS A YOUNG PERSON AND COMMUNITY MEMBER, I WANT BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT TO CONTINUE HAVING THE ABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE NEEDS.

I SUPPORT MAINTAINING THE PROPOSED 1.25 FLOOR AREA RATIO FOR THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT CAMPUS BECAUSE IT ALLOWS BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT TO CONTINUE EXPANDING AND ADAPTING ITS SERVICES WHILE REMAINING FOCUSED ON THE PEOPLE IT SERVES.

MY STORY IS ONLY ONE EXAMPLE OF WHY ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT MATTER.

BEHIND EVERY PROGRAM, EVERY SERVICE, AND EVERY RESOURCE IS A PERSON WHO MAY BE LOOKING FOR HELP, CONNECTION, OR SIMPLY SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN THEM.

THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYONE INVOLVED FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND FOR CONTINUING TO INVEST IN THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. WELL SAID. NEXT QUESTION. YOU'RE FREE TO SIT DOWN.

NEXT PERSON ONLINE. DARRYL BOYD. GO AHEAD DARRYL.

DARRYL. HEY AGAIN. I HAD A LOT TO SAY ON THIS.

I'M MORE HOPEFUL THAT THE COUNCIL IS GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION HERE.

WHEN THE 17, 16 YEAR OLD ALLCOVE EMPLOYEES BECOME TAXPAYING RESIDENTS OF REDONDO BEACH MAYBE THEIR VOICES WILL MATTER A BIT MORE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE JUST CUTE SHILLS FOR TOM BAKALY.

AND I DON'T THINK THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT TAXPAYING RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY HERE ON 500 TO 600 NORTH PROSPECT AVENUE ARE UNDER DAILY STRESS AND ANXIETY. THESE KIDS JUST HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO ANYWAY, HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION, YOU'RE GOING TO SEPARATE THIS VOTE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'D ASK MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE ONE THING ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND DON'T GO ATTACKING OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEAKING.

I'D APPRECIATE THAT. LET'S KEEP SOME DECORUM.

SO HOLLY OSBORNE IS NEXT.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DOCTOR OSBORNE. I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BCHD AND THEIR PROPOSAL TO EVICT SILVERADO AND ITS DEMENTIA CARE PATIENTS AND ALLOW SUNRISE INN TO BUILD ASSISTED LIVING AND DEMENTIA CARE FACILITIES ON PUBLIC LAND, WHICH IS OWNED BY THE TAXPAYERS OF REDONDO, HERMOSA AND MANHATTAN BEACH. AND I WANT TO ADD FOR THE RECORD, THAT I AM FROM BACK EAST ORIGINALLY AND HAVE NUMEROUS RELATIVES IN THE MCLEAN VIENNA AREA OF VIRGINIA. SUNRISE'S CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS ARE IN MCLEAN, VIRGINIA.

I AM NOT IGNORANT ON THE CORPORATE BEHAVIOR OF SUNRISE AND THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

SO. SO, HOLLY, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT THAT'S NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW.

WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT ZONING. I KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT ZONING.

GET TO THE ZONING AND NOT ATTACKING. WE HAVE NO SAY OVER WHAT ORGANIZATION BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT PICKS THEIR BOARD DOES.

SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING RELATED TO ZONING. I DO.

OKAY. THEN PLEASE SPEAK TO THAT. OKAY. AND YOU'RE USING MY TIME.

WHETHER IN CALIFORNIA OR VIRGINIA THE SUNRISE PLAYBOOK REMAINS IDENTICAL.

AGGRESSIVELY SECURE HIGH VALUE REAL ESTATE FOR WEALTHY PRIVATE PAY PORTFOLIOS WHILE CUTTING STAFF OR UTILIZING SWIFT EVICTIONS TO MINIMIZE THE OVERHEAD COSTS OF MANAGING ADVANCED DEMENTIA.

THEY GET MORE PROPERTY IF THE ZONING IS UP ZONED TO 1.25.

THEY'RE SALIVATING WITH THAT CHANGE AND THE SYSTEMIC TREND OF FORCING OUT HIGH NEED OR MEDICARE RELIANT DEMENTIA PATIENTS BECAME SO SEVERE IN SUNRISE'S HOME STATE OF VIRGINIA THAT IT TRIGGERED MAJOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION.

LISTEN, I'M TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'M FROM VIRGINIA, AND I DON'T THINK THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

AND IT'S. YOU NEED TO TALK TO THE BOARD ABOUT THEIR SELECTION.

WE DON'T SELECT WHO THEY CONTRACT WITH. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING RELATED TO THE ZONING, WE'RE WILLING TO HEAR IT, BUT YOU CANNOT CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS BEYOND THE JURISDICTION OF THIS PANEL.

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AND YOU'VE ALREADY SAID THAT YOU'RE TAKING OUT, BUT IT'S VERY HARD TO CHANGE MY SPEECHES ON THE FLOOR, ON THE FLY. I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU FOR NOT SUPPORTING 1.25.

IS THAT CLEAR? OH, I CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION? YES YOU CAN. DOCTOR OSBORNE, CAN I ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION OF YOU IF YOU'RE NOT TOO FLUSTERED.

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IMPOSING A FAR LIMIT OF 1.25, WHICH WE ARE NOT DOING TONIGHT.

AND WE DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO DO ANYWAYS. THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO DO IT. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT'S AN UP ZONE RATHER THAN A LIMIT ON WHAT COULD BE BUILT? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, TECHNICALLY, THEY CAN PROPOSE A PROJECT THAT'S 2.0 FAR, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IT.

I CAN NEVER WIN REAL TIME DEBATES WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. LET'S NOT LET'S NOT DO THAT.

NO, I WAS JUST TRYING CLARIFY. I UNDERSTAND BUT LET'S NOT DO THAT.

CLARIFY FOR EVERYBODY LISTENING AND PAYING ATTENTION I'M NOT ATTACKING HER. NEXT PERSON ON LINE. NOT ATTACKING HER. NANCY SKIBA.

GO AHEAD NANCY. GOOD EVENING. NANCY SKIBA IN DISTRICT FOUR.

I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT IT APPEARS ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT ZEIN AND OR MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE FAR TOPIC OFF THE TABLE IN TERMS OF THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE MADE ECOMMENTS ON THE PAGE THIS EVENING WHERE THEY SAID THAT THEY WANTED NO 1.25 AND THAT IF THAT WAS NOT MADE AS A SEPARATE THING THAT THEY COULD VOTE ON SEPARATELY, THAT THEY WOULD THEN VOTE AGAINST THE GENERAL PLAN.

SO NOW BY REMOVING THE 1.25 TOPIC CURRENTLY FOR THE UPCOMING ELECTION, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IN SOME MEANS OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AND THEN LATER DEAL WITH THE OTHER THING.

BUT, YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE VERY WORKED UP ABOUT THIS AND WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE BCHD JUST EXPANDING ITSELF ALL OVER THE PLACE AND THEN KICKING OUT ALL THOSE POOR OLD PEOPLE AND AND THEN JUST TRYING TO MAKE A BIGGER, FATTER, MORE PROSPEROUS SITUATION FOR THEMSELVES OVER THERE.

AND REALLY OUR TENANTS, OUR RESIDENTS HERE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

AND I JUST HOPE THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO GET LIKE SWEPT UNDER THE RUG SO THAT THEY CAN JUST GET THAT GENERAL PLAN APPROVED.

REALLY? THANK YOU. HEY, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS ONE WHERE WE'RE DAMNED IF WE DO AND DAMNED IF WE DON'T.

WE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS TO SPLIT THIS OUT THAT PEOPLE WANTED IT SPLIT OUT.

NOW WE'RE SPLITTING IT OUT. AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ON THAT SIDE ARE NOW CHASTISING US FOR DOING EXACTLY THAT.

SO MR. BAKALY, YOU'RE UP NEXT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL TOM BAKALY, CEO OF THE BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR JANUARY DIRECTION TO ADOPT THE SAME FAR FOR LARGE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL PARCELS AND THE GENERAL PLAN. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S EIR THAT SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FROM DOING THAT WHEN YOU GAVE THAT DIRECTION BACK IN JANUARY. THAT JANUARY DIRECTION PROVIDES CERTAINTY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNERS.

SUNRISE, WHO IS CURRENTLY THE DEVELOPER THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHEN THEY MADE THEIR PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDES PUBLIC AMENITIES SUCH AS A POOL THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE CENTER FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS.

REDUCING THE FAR AS WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT FROM SOME OF OUR YOUTH WOULD IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO BRING IN DEVELOPERS.

I THINK IT'S LIKELY THAT SUNRISE WOULD LEAVE IF THE FAR WAS REDUCED.

AND THAT WOULD THUS IMPACT OUR BUDGET AND TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT 1.5 MILLION.

SO SUNRISE LOOKED AT THIS WHEN THEY MADE THEIR PROPOSAL HERE RECENTLY.

THE DETAILS OF THEIR PROPOSAL WILL BE KNOWN IN THE FALL.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WHEN THEY FORMALLY APPLY.

AND SO EVERYBODY WILL GET A GOOD LOOK AT THAT.

I THINK MAYBE PEOPLE ARE JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS OR PERHAPS SPECULATING ABOUT WHAT THAT COULD BE.

AND SO IN THE FALL, PEOPLE WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING WHEN THEY MAKE THAT APPLICATION.

SO OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD THAT WE MAKE THE VOTING PROCESS SIMPLE AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND THAT WE ENSURE THAT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS REMAIN ABLE TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE.

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THANK YOU. SO YOU SUPPORT SEPARATING IT OUT AND VOTING SEPARATELY AT ANOTHER TIME.

GIVEN, WHERE YOU ARE? YES, WE SUPPORT THAT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. JORDAN. I'M SORRY. ONLINE NEXT.

I HAVE NONE ONLINE. OKAY. GEORGETTE GANTNER. I DON'T SEE HER IN THE AUDIENCE.

I HAVE ANOTHER I HAVE A PERSON ONLINE NOW. YOU HAVE WHAT? I HAVE A PERSON NOW. OKAY, LET'S GO THERE. OKAY.

ANNE WILSON. WILSON. WHO IS IT? ANNE WILSON. OH.

GO AHEAD. ANNE HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S GOOD THAT YOU ARE SEPARATING OUT THE VOTE FIRST, BUT PLEASE LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY.

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR. GO TO A .75 FAR. WE DON'T WANT INCREASED DENSITY FOR PUBLIC LAND.

SO WHY IS THE CITY COUNCIL STILL PUSHING FOR AN OVERSIZE 1.25 FAR FOR BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT? WHY WOULD SIX YEARS OF HARD WORK BY RESIDENT CITIZENS ON THE GPAC WHO RECOMMENDED 0.75 BE CAST ASIDE? WHY WOULD THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION BE IGNORED? TO THE PUBLIC, IT APPEARS THE CITY COUNCIL IS SOMEHOW BEHOLDEN TO BCHD.

SIMPLY PUT, GRANTING A PREEMPTIVE HIGH DENSITY FAR FOR BCHD CREATES A DAMAGING PRECEDENT TO THE CITY.

REMEMBER, RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO BCHD PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

BCHD IS AGAIN WORKING ON 100% PRIVATE PROJECT WITH A DEVELOPER THAT COULD LIVE IN A 0.75 FAR.

THE LARGER FAR IS NOT ONLY PREMATURE, IT IS NOT WARRANTED.

IF THEY EVER DO HAVE A VIABLE PROJECT THAT REQUIRES MORE DENSITY THAN THE GENERAL PLAN ALLOWS, THEY CAN DO WHAT ANYONE ELSE WOULD DO. FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES.

STAND BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION JUSTIFY THEIR NEED FOR AN EXCEPTION.

WHY WOULD THE CITY COUNCIL WANT TO GIVE A BLANK CHECK, NOT ONLY FOR NOW, BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN MASSIVE PRIVATE PROJECT IN THE FUTURE? THIS COUNCIL'S DUTY IS TO THE CITY'S RESIDENTS, NOT TO A SEPARATE GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT NOT ONLY FUNDS THREE BEACH CITIES, BUT IS SUBSIDIZED BY WELL OVER 5 MILLION AND GROWING IN PROPERTY TAXES FROM MANHATTAN BEACH, HERMOSA BEACH, AS WELL AS REDONDO. THIS IS A GENERAL PLAN FOR REDONDO BEACH RESIDENTS, NOT A BCHD MASTER PLAN.

AGAIN, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY. LOSE THE SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR BCHD AND REDUCE THE FAR TO 0.05.

THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I STILL DON'T SEE GEORGETTE.

SO WE'LL GO TO TODD LOEWENSTEIN. GOOD EVENING.

TODD LOEWENSTEIN, DISTRICT TWO. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK THAT BCHD DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

BUT MR. BAKALY'S COMMENTS THAT TO KEEPING THIS 1.25.

THERE IS NO FAR ON THE SITE RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S NOT REDUCING IT.

A PRIVATE ENTERPRISE WITH SENIOR HOUSING DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME NEEDS AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH A LADDER TRUCK, ALL OTHER THINGS. SO THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE. PUT 1.25 THERE.

A FAR OF 1.25 AT THIS SITE COULD MEAN THAT A PROJECT THIS SIZE COULD BE ONE OF THE LARGEST IN REDONDO BEACH HISTORY.

AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, A PLAN WITH A 0.85 OR 0.9 FAR COULD INCLUDE ROUGHLY ABOUT 240 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

THAT'S APARTMENT STYLE HOUSING, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE 1 OR 2 BEDROOM UNITS.

SO FOR COMPARISON, 240 UNITS IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE EDDIE, WHICH IS THAT PCH AND PV BOULEVARD, WHICH HAS 115 UNITS AND A FAR OF 1.25, WOULD ALLOW A PROJECT NEARLY 50% LARGER THAN EVEN A 0.85 FAR VERSION OF A 240 UNIT PLAN. SO FOR FURTHER PERSPECTIVE, THE LARGEST HOTEL IN REDONDO BEACH IS THE SONESTA, AND THE SONESTA HAS 342 ROOMS, MOST OF WHICH ARE STUDIO SIZED.

AND EVEN THE SONESTA ISN'T SITUATED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE.

A 1.25 FAR PROJECT COULD BE END UP BEING BIGGER IN SQUARE FOOTAGE THAN THE SONESTA.

THE BCHD SITE IS SURROUNDED BY HOMES BOTH IN REDONDO BEACH AND NEIGHBORING TORRANCE.

THE IMPACT ON THOSE RESIDENTS WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT.

WHILE A SENIOR ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WON'T GENERATE TRAFFIC AT THE SAME RATE AS A TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, IT WILL STILL ADD A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF CAR TRIPS IN THE AREA.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE REDONDO BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL.

BACK IN 2020, WHEN I WAS SERVING ON THE COUNCIL, I ASKED FIREFIGHTERS HOW THEY'RE HOLDING UP DURING COVID.

THEY TOLD ME THAT CALLS TO THE KENSINGTON AT PCH AND NOB HILL, AN 80 UNIT SENIOR AND MEMORY UNIT MEMORY CARE FACILITY,

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AND THAT THE PACE WAS TAKING A TOLL REAL TOLL ON THEIR HEALTH.

NOW SCALE THAT PROJECT TO FOUR TIMES ALMOST 3 TO 4 TIMES THAT SIZE.

THAT COULD MEAN 15 TO 20 UNIT UNIT CALLS A DAY DURING A FUTURE PANDEMIC.

THAT VOLUME WOULD STRAIN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT PAST ITS LIMITS AND COST THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR, COSTS THAT ARE ULTIMATELY BORNE BY TAXPAYERS AND BEYOND THE TOWER COST.

THERE'S THE DAY TO DAY DISRUPTION OF NEAR CONSTANT SIRENS FROM PARAMEDIC AND FIRE TRUCKS GOING THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.

SOMEONE HAS TO ABSORB THE COST, AND IT'S LIKELY TO BE RESIDENTS.

SO FOR THESE REASONS, I APPLAUD WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

I'M ASKING YOU TO RECONSIDER THE PROPOSED FIRE FOR THIS LAND.

PLEASE CONSIDER A FAR OF 5.75 OR LESS AND A SEPARATE VOTE AS YOU WANT.

LOOKS LIKE YOU WANT TO DO. YOUR CONSTITUENTS MUST HAVE A SAY ON WHAT GOES ON IN A PUBLIC SITE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TODD. OKAY. THAT WAS THE LAST CARD I HAD.

ANYBODY ONLINE? NONE. NO, NONE. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE? WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WAYNE CRAIG, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE. FIRST, I WANT TO SAY I WANT TO THANK MAYOR BRAND, WHO WAS AT THE TIME COUNCIL MEMBER BRAND, WHEN HE DIDN'T APPOINT ME ON THE GPAC, HE ACTUALLY APOLOGIZED FOR IT LATER.

AND HE GOES, WAIT, I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WANTED TO BE ON IT.

AND I GO, WELL, I WAS INTERESTED. THANK GOD HE DIDN'T DO THAT.

I WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS WITH YOU GUYS. NOW, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, I'M GLAD THAT'S BEING SPLIT. I MEAN, FOR A BETTER PART OF A YEAR, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ARTESIA BOULEVARD, JUST LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DISTRICT FOUR AND FIVE THAT NEED TO BE SPLIT ON.

I WISH WE WOULD HAVE VOTED ON THAT LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE BEEN BENEFITING IT NOW FOR THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. BUT WHAT I HAVE A QUESTION WITH IS WE WERE TOLD IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A FAR FOR ALL THIS WE HAVE FOR CITY PROPERTY AND FOR OTHER PUBLIC PROPERTY, IF WE DIDN'T, IT WAS GOING TO BE THE END OF THE WORLD.

LITERALLY, WE'D BE OPEN TO BUILDER'S REMEDY LAWSUITS.

YOU KNOW, GODZILLA WOULD COME OUT AND DESTROY THE CITY, I DON'T KNOW.

SO WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER. WE DID THE COUNCIL IN JANUARY.

YOU CAME UP AND SAID YOU HAD TO DO THIS ONE, TWO, FIVE, FAR.

AND AGAIN, MY CONCERN AT THE TIME WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE THOUGHT WE KNEW WE HAD TO HAVE A NUMBER.

BUT WHEN I HEARD COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL SAYING POLICE AND FIRE ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE JUST AS IMPORTANT FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BCHD. AND I MADE THE COMMENT.

I LOOKED AT MY NOTES FROM JANUARY 20TH. I LOOKED AT MY LITTLE SPEECH, I WROTE, AND I SAID, LOOK, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU KNOW, TOM'S A NICE GUY. I HAVE HIS PHONE NUMBER. I'M IN A COUPLE GROUPS WITH HIM. I DON'T CALL HIM WHEN MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSES ON FIRE. I CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THERE'S A CRIME HAPPENING. I'LL CALL THE POLICE.

THERE'S A TREE THAT FELL ON MY NEIGHBOR'S CAR.

I'M GOING TO CALL CITY SERVICES. THEY TAKE CARE OF IT. THAT'S 247.

THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT FUNCTION. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE SEPARATING IT.

WE'RE SPLITTING IT. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS COMBINED, I TALKED TO MOST OF YOU ON THE COUNCIL.

I SAID, YOU GOT TO SPLIT IT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT VOTE FOR THE GENERAL PLAN, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT WE GET IT DONE. SO I'M GLAD THAT IT'S BEING SPLIT.

WE CAN GET ARTESIA DONE RIGHT AWAY. I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME UP THERE. IT'D BE GREAT TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. BUT I'M JUST AGAIN, I'M CURIOUS WHY WE WENT FROM WE HAD TO DO IT AND NOW WE DON'T.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M OKAY WITH THE EXPLANATION, I UNDERSTAND IT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI, YOU CLARIFIED SOME OF THAT STUFF, WHICH MADE MORE SENSE. BUT WE WERE TOLD ADAMANTLY, WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A NUMBER AND WE DID.

AND THEN WE THEN THE COUNTY COMMISSION, WE GOT CASTIGATED FOR COMING UP WITH A NUMBER.

SO ANYWAY, JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I'M GLAD YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

LET'S GET THIS THING APPROVED AND GET IT DONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

BEFORE WE TAKE THE NEXT SPEAKER, MARC, I THINK YOU ADDRESSED THAT IN YOUR BRIEFING.

I AGREE, AT ONE TIME I THOUGHT WE HAD TO PUT A FAR ON THE ON EVERY PROPERTY, BUT AFTER TALKING WITH YOU TODAY AND WHAT YOU SAID IN THE BRIEFING TONIGHT.

I THINK YOU BROUGHT MORE LIGHT TO THAT. SO DO YOU MIND REPEATING THAT? YEAH. SO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE ELEMENT ARE IN THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE.

AND THERE'S A PROVISION THAT STATES THAT WITHIN THE LAND USE ELEMENT, THERE NEEDS TO BE A STATEMENT ABOUT POPULATION AND BUILDING INTENSITY.

IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY FLOOR AREA RATIO OR THE CITY NEEDS TO DEFINE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

AT THE TIME THE LAND USE ELEMENT WAS BEING PREPARED, A DECISION WAS MADE TO GO WITH THE FAR AS A WAY OF EXPRESSING THAT NUMBER.

AND IT'S COMMON PRACTICE. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE FOR TO USE THAT FOR MOST OF THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OF.

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AND THERE IS A STATEMENT. YEAH. AND IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PI ZONE IN THAT TABLE, THERE IS A STATEMENT ABOUT INTENDED FUTURE USE AND INTENSITY. SO IT'S KIND OF SUFFICE TO SATISFY THAT.

YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. BOB. FLOOR IS YOURS.

BOB HENSLEY REDONDO BEACH. I BEAR THE SCARS, AS SOME OF YOU DO OF THE YEARS ON THE GPAC.

YES YOU DO. YEAH. THE QUESTION IS A PROCESS ONE.

I AGREE, OF COURSE, WITH THE SEPARATION AND MOVING THE PI DISCUSSION TO A LATER DATE.

WHEN THE GENERAL PLAN WOULD APPEAR ON THE BALLOT, WHICH I ASSUME WOULD BE NOVEMBER, THAT UNREADABLE, CHART THAT CAME UP ON THE SCREEN REGARDING ZONING, WHAT WOULD BE IN THE BOX NEXT TO PI'S? WOULD IT SAY TO BE DETERMINED? WOULD IT BE EMPTY? WHAT WOULD BE THERE? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN WHAT IS THERE NOW AND THAT GOT VOTED IN, THEN YOU'D HAVE TO VOTE OFF WHAT IS WHAT WE'RE NOW DISCUSSING IS GOING TO BE A LATER ELECTION.

SO YOU NEED TO TAKE OUT WHATEVER IS IN THAT CHART THAT STATES WHAT THE PI IS AND HAVE IT AS A BLANK TO BE DETERMINED AT A LATER DATE. DO YOU MIND ANSWERING THAT, MARC? IT'S A GOOD POINT. YES. AND THAT'S WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE THAT THE FAR LIMIT AND IT'S GOING TO BE UNSPECIFIED FOR THE PI ZONE.

OKAY. UNSPECIFIED OR TO BE DETERMINED. I DON'T KNOW.

VERY VAGUE. WELL CURRENTLY THERE IS NO FAR. LET'S NOT GO BACK AND FORTH.

OKAY, WE GOT THE POINT. AND. OKAY, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

ANYTHING ELSE? YOU STILL HAVE TIME? NO. THAT'S FINE. THANKS. OKAY. THANK YOU BOB. ANYBODY ELSE ONLINE.

HAVE NONE ONLINE. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR LIGHT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M JACQUELINE SUN FROM BEACH CITIES HEALTH DISTRICT. I'LL MAKE MY REMARKS BRIEF. I THINK THAT BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT, JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO REITERATE SOME OF THE COUNCIL'S COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THE GENERAL PLAN IS A LONG TERM PLANNING DOCUMENT, NOT MADE TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS LAND USE DISCUSSION IS A REFERENDUM ON THE DISTRICT, NOR IS IT A, AN APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC PROJECT OF WHICH THE DETAILS ARE COMING, AS TOM SAID IN THE FALL.

AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI MENTIONED, THE CITY HAS GUARDRAILS IN PLACE OF HOW THEY CAN APPROVE SPECIFIC PROJECTS THROUGH THE CUP PROCESS.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION. AND YOU KNOW, WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE MOST FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT PROPERTY AS COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI SAID, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE LIKE IN 30 YEARS FROM NOW.

AND I THINK THAT A LONG TERM LONG TERM PLANNING DOCUMENT LIKE THE GENERAL PLAN SHOULD ACCOUNT FOR THOSE THINGS AS WE ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.

SO APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? ANYONE ELSE? LAST CHANCE ONLINE? NO, I JUST WANT TO REPORT THE COMMENTS.

WE RECEIVED 40 ECOMMENTS 27 OPPOSE, 11 SUPPORT, ONE NEUTRAL AND ONE DIDN'T RESPOND WITH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, HOLLY, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU.

I DID FEEL LIKE I HAD TO CUT YOU OFF THERE. I KNEW THAT THREW YOU OFF ON YOUR COMMENT.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE PURVIEW OVER THE SELECTION OF THE COMPANY THAT'S BCHD'S BOARD.

WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO IS DISCUSS THE ZONING AND THE MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL HAD PUT FORTH.

SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING YOU AND THROWING YOU OFF YOUR GAME, BUT I HAD TO KEEP IT ON, HAD TO KEEP IT ON TRACK WITH WHAT THIS THE PURVIEW OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL CALL A VOTE FOR THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

JUST A QUICK SUMMARY. THAT'S TO SEPARATE THE PI FROM THE REST OF THE COMMERCIAL PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN TO BE PUT ON A LATER VOTE, AND THAT WE TARGETING A VOTE IN NOVEMBER FOR THE GENERAL PLAN WITH ALL THE COMMERCIAL STUFF, AND THAT WE FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE. COMMERICAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL. YEAH, IT'S A SUMMARY HE'S SUMMARIZING.

YEAH. AND THAT WE FORM A SUBCOMMITTEE TO HELP WITH TITLE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE RELATED TO PUTTING IT ON THE BALLOT.

DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? AND THERE WAS ADDING THE HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE ARTICLE 27 STUDY.

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THANK YOU FOR MAKING IT COMPLETE. ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? IS THAT AN OLD HAND UP OR.

DOWN. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI ANY LAST COMMENT BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE? NO. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR WIENER, BUT I'LL ASK OFFLINE.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE.

SO I'LL DO A ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER KALUDEROVIC. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT.

AYE. OKAY, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE MAYOR? NO. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. I THINK WE GAVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANTED.

SO OKAY. NOW WE'RE CITY MANAGER ITEMS. MR. WITZANSKY.

[O. CITY MANAGER ITEMS]

YOU ALL SAID IT. THE 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH AS.

SPECTACULAR. AS IT IS, EVERY YEAR, WE SORT OF HOLD OUR BREATH THROUGH THAT EVENT.

ONE FOR WEATHER AND TWO FOR A SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS DISPLAY.

WE HAD A PRETTY CLEAR NIGHT, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.

SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT, BUT WELL EXECUTED PLAN BY OUR TEAM.

OUR VENDOR DID WELL. AND I THINK WE HAD A VERY NICE 250TH CELEBRATION HERE IN REDONDO.

SO WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. AND BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED ON OUR SIDE.

AND, YOU KNOW, BE GRATEFUL THAT WE DIDN'T EXPERIENCE WHAT OUR NEWPORT BEACH NEIGHBOR DID DOWN IN THE SOUTH.

SO ALSO VERY FORTUNATE. WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.

IT'S PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON YOUR COMMISSIONER INTERVIEWS, YOUR APPLICATIONS AND YOUR, I THINK WE HAVE 15 ISH SCHEDULED.

13 NOW THAT'S THE PRIMARY FOCUS. WE WILL HAVE A CLOSED SESSION AGENDA.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE A CONSENT CALENDAR ASSUMED AT THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PLANNED DISCUSSION ITEMS. SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FOCUS POST CONSENT CALENDAR ON COMMISSION INTERVIEWS.

LATER IN THE MONTH I THINK WE ARE PLANNING TO COME BACK WITH A DISCUSSION ON THE HEDGE ORDINANCE.

I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CURRENT EXPECTATION NOT SET IN STONE, BUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL.

I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COMMENTS TONIGHT ABOUT THAT PROCESS.

IT'S STILL VERY IMPORTANT TO US. WE'RE WORKING ON, ON THAT ITEM VERY DILIGENTLY.

I KNOW WE WILL HAVE SOME SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL FROM OTHERS.

AND THAT WILL BE IT FOR JULY. CURRENTLY, WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO HAVE A MEETING ON THE 28TH.

IT'S MEANT TO BE A DARK NIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK AT IT ON AUGUST 4TH.

SO FOR CALENDAR PURPOSES, WE'VE GOT THE 14TH TO 21ST.

WE GO DARK ON THE 28TH. WE'RE BACK AT IT AUGUST 4TH.

SAME SCHEDULE IN AUGUST. WE HAVE THREE MEETINGS SCHEDULED IN AUGUST. WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE MEETING ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY. AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REFERRALS TO STAFF. SO I MENTIONED THAT I'D BE BRINGING THIS UP A LITTLE EARLIER WHEN I WAS AT THE WE STILL GOT THE P ITEM. WE STILL HAVE A P ITEM.

[P. MAYOR AND COUNCIL ITEMS]

OKAY, SO P.1 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE NAMING OF THE HERONDO OPEN SPACE PARK AREA LOCATED AT HERONDO STREET AND CATALINA. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY NO FORMAL PRESENTATION.

SO I'LL JUST DO A BRIEF VERBAL OVERVIEW. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, JANE WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS THE DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION NAMING THE HERONDO OPEN SPACE PARK AREA LOCATED AT HERONDO STREET AND CATALINA AVENUE. RECENTLY OR RECENT ACTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAVE TAKEN TO NAME SIMILAR PARKETTES OR OPEN SPACE INCLUDE 2016, THE GATEWAY PARKETTE AND THEN 2021. THE ITO FAMILY OPEN SPACE, WHICH WAS FORMERLY NAMED THE FLAGLER RIPLER PARKETTE.

SO. BOTH OF THOSE ACTIONS WERE DONE THROUGH RESOLUTION.

SO BASED ON TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL, I WILL COME BACK NEXT WEEK WITH A FORMAL RESOLUTION KIND OF CODIFYING THE NAME THAT YOU DECIDE HERE TONIGHT TO NOTE THIS IS SEPARATE OR INDEPENDENT OF THE LARGER NAMING POLICY THAT YOU HAD SET AS A STRATEGIC PLAN, GOAL OR OBJECTIVE. SO STAFF WILL BE PRESENTING THAT LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL WITH THAT POLICY.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY.

IF I CAN JUMP IN THERE. SO I ASKED THAT THIS BE PUT ON AND I APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL SUPPORTING IT.

MY INTENT WAS TO GET THE NAME OF THE PARK BEFORE WE DO THE RIBBON CUTTING, WHICH IS COMING UP.

AND YOU KNOW, MY, WHOLE IMPETUS WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS PARK IS THERE BECAUSE OF BILL BRAND,

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AND BUT TO THE EXACT NAME, I'LL DEFER, YOU KNOW, TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASTLE TO THROW OUT THE FIRST IDEA OR IDEAS AND THEN AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT THAT OR ADD DIFFERENT ONES.

SO I AGREE THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO HONOR HIS MEMORY, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT HE'S DONE IN REDONDO BEACH, BUT ALSO FOR HIS STANCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT. SO IN TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF THAT LOCATION AS GATEWAY PARK, I WOULD SAY THAT THE BILL BRAND GATEWAY PARK WOULD BE A GREAT NAME FOR THAT LOCATION FOR THE NEW PARK.

THE BILL BRAND GATEWAY PARK. WELCOME TO THE BILL BRAND GATEWAY PARK.

YEAH. YES. IT'S GOT A RING TO IT. YEAH. OKAY.

THOUGH WE ALREADY HAVE A GATEWAY PARK PARKETTE.

GATEWAY PARKETTE. I AGREE WITH THAT SENTIMENT THAT WE KIND OF HAVE A GATEWAY ALREADY, BUT IT IS.

WELL, THE PARK IS ATTACHED TO IT, IT'S ATTACHED TO IT. IT'S THE PARKETTE RIGHT THERE. YEAH. OR SHOULD WE CHANGE THAT AND INCLUDE THAT WITH THE.

THE NAME CHANGE. THE NAME CHANGE. JUST INCORPORATE IT.

AS PART OF THE PARK. IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY ATTACHED.

RIGHT. SEPARATED BY A STREET AND HALF OF THE PARK IS NOT DEVELOPED.

RIGHT. THE. NO. SO THE PARKETTE IS WHERE THAT SCULPTURE IS.

WHERE THAT SCULPTURE IS GOING. GATEWAVE. WELL, THE SCULPTURE, WHERE IT'S GOING, WHERE IT'S GOING. OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EVENTUALLY GOING TO GO. THE WAVE.

GATEWAVE. GATEWAVE. CHANGE IT TO GATEWAVE PARK.

UNFORTUNATELY. WELL, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF CONTEXT, BUT SINCE IT'S COME UP IN THE NAME, THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT THE ARTIST IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE GATEWAVE TO US. I RECEIVED THAT WORD TODAY.

WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT LATER. SO LET'S NOT MARRY OUR NAME TO THE GATEWAVE ART PROJECT.

THAT MAY NOT MATERIALIZE. ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A LOT OF ART MONEY.

OKAY, LET'S GET BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND. SO GATEWAY PARK, JUST GIVEN THAT IT'S THE ENTRANCE TO THE CITY, THEY'RE ON PCH. OR WE COULD JUST GO WITH THE BILL BRAND PARK.

ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? THEY'RE BOTH FINE BY ME.

THIS FIRST TIME WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE THERE. SO ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? IDEAS? YEAH, IT'S JUST THE FIRST TIME. RIGHT.

SO YOU'RE LIKE THINKING THROUGH YOUR HEAD. IS THERE SOME OTHER TERM FOR THAT LOCATION? BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF OUR WETLANDS WERE RESTORED, IT WOULD BE THE KIND OF THE ENTRIES OF THE WETLANDS.

SO IT IS A GATEWAY. KING HARBOR. HARBORSIDE, WHICH IS KIND OF A GATEWAY.

SO YOU LIKE IT? I THINK IT SUGGESTS THE BEGINNING, THE ENTRANCE AND THE AREA.

OKAY. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. MAKES SENSE. DO WE NEED TO DO IT TONIGHT? TAKE CARE OF IT NEXT TUESDAY. LET IT SINK IN.

TALK TO RESIDENTS IF NEEDED. GET MORE. WE CAN GIVE THEM GUIDANCE TONIGHT.

IF SOMEBODY CHANGES THEIR MIND, WE CAN CHANGE IT IN THE RESOLUTION NEXT TIME.

I HAVEN'T MADE UP MY MIND. I MEAN, IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING THE NAME.

SO THERE'S THE ONLY SENSE OF URGENCY HERE IS TO HAVE IT IDENTIFIED BEFORE WE SEND OUT THE INVITATIONS FOR THE INVITATIONS, THE RIBBON CUTTING OF THE PARK. OKAY. THAT IS RIGHT NOW.

WELL, RIGHT. IT'S ON HOLD. TENTATIVE. OKAY. LATTER PART OF THE MONTH.

BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE AUGUST. SO IT'S NOT CERTAIN YET.

I MEAN, WE ARE RENTING FENCING OUT THERE. WE'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO HAVE A SCHEDULED.

RIBBON CUTTING DOWN THE FENCE, WHETHER WE NAME IT OR NOT.

WELL, THERE'S FENCE IS COMING OFFLINE END OF THE MONTH.

SO IDEALLY IT'S COMING OFFLINE WITH A SCHEDULED RIBBON CUTTING SHORTLY THEREAFTER.

BUT THAT IS NOT IMPERATIVE. WE HAVE TIME. YOU CERTAINLY COULD CONSIDER THIS AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

WE COULD COME BACK WITH A RESOLUTION THAT HAS IT KIND OF BLANK, AND YOU CAN FILL IN THE BLANK NEXT WEEK AS A WAY TO EXECUTE THAT ACTION.

WOULD BE ANOTHER WAY TO HANDLE IT. WHAT IS THE CITY COUNCIL WANT TO DO.

AND THEN CHANGE IT IN THE MEETING? THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION IF YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DIRECT THAT AND THEN JUST BE PREPARED TO REVISIT.

IS THERE A ENVIRONMENTAL YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T WORKSHOPPED ANYTHING, SO I DON'T HAVE IDEAS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT IT'S GOT CALIFORNIA NATIVES THERE, IS THERE ANYTHING THERE THAT WE COULD WORK INTO IT, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING. THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT OF WAS HERITAGE.

BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER HERITAGE PARK, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, I THINK I'M OKAY WITH GATEWAY.

IT'S LIKE. AND WE CAN BRACKET IT FOR NEXT WEEK.

IT MAKES SENSE THAT IT IS A GATEWAY, RIGHT? YEAH.

AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BETTER AND IF WE EVER GET THE YES PLAN, IT'S THE GATEWAY INTO THAT AREA.

YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE NAME IT THE BILL BRAND GATEWAY PARK.

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WHEN THAT RESOLUTION COMES IN. IN THE RESOLUTION, SOMEBODY CAN PULL IT AND CROSS IT AND SAY, I WANT TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. PUT IT IN REGULAR FONT.

SO IT'S A PARK. RIGHT. OKAY. YES. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF LIKE PARK INDICATED ANY KIND OF REQUIREMENT.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. IT'S LARGER THAN OUR WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY CLASSIFY AS A PARKETTE.

WHAT MAKES THIS UNIQUE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS IT'S LICENSED LAND.

SO. RIGHT. THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF OUR SPACES, BUT IT'S LARGE ENOUGH TO BE CONSIDERED A PARK. IS IT A TRAIL? IT HAS A TRAIL. IT'S A TRAIL.

THAT'S PARKING. NO, ON STREET PARKING. ON THE STREET? NOT FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET. ON THE STREET? OH, YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. IT'S IT. IT MEETS OUR DEFINITION OF PARK.

OKAY. THE ONLY THE ONLY DOWNSIDE IS WE DON'T CURRENTLY OWN THE PROPERTY.

AND BE NICE IF WE DID. AND IS THIS THE PHASE A PORTION? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHAT MAY POTENTIALLY. IF I COULD JUST GET IT ALL OUT.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BOTH THE A AND THE B PORTION? I MEAN, I THINK WE WOULD EVALUATE THIS NAME AS BEING THE FULL COMPLETED AREA IF AND WHEN BUILT.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ONLY DEVELOPING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE SITE CURRENTLY.

OKAY. SO I THINK THE NAME WOULD EXTEND TO THE SECOND PHASE AS WELL.

SECOND PHASE AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND BY THE WAY, STAFF IS WRITING A GRANT FOR THE SECOND PHASE.

YEAH. WE HOPE TO RECEIVE FUNDING TO DO IT. AND WE'RE APPROVED FOR THE SECOND PHASE. WELL, THE SCE HAS APPROVED OUR SECOND PHASE.

YEAH. HAS APPROVED. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. WE HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. OKAY.

AS LONG AS IT'S A NON PARENTHETICAL. OKAY. NON PARENTHETICAL.

BEFORE WE VOTE. I DO HAVE ONE CARD ON THIS. JOAN IRVINE.

JOAN IRVINE DISTRICT ONE. I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO NAME IT IT SHOULD JUST BE THE GATEWAY PARK.

I DON'T THINK THAT IT SHOULD HAVE ANYBODY'S NAME ATTACHED TO IT OR CALL IT THE CATALINA HERONDO PARK.

BECAUSE IT IS THE ENTRYWAY TO OUR CITY. IT IS ALSO ON LEASED LAND, SO WE ONLY HAVE THAT FOR FIVE YEARS.

AND ALSO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JUST CAME UP IS THE PARKING.

THERE IS NO PARKING AROUND THERE. I MEAN, THERE'S LIMITED PARKING AROUND THERE.

I MEAN, I HAD TO GO TO, I HAD TO PARK CLOSE TO THERE TO GO DOWN TO HERMOSA ON SATURDAY FOR JULY 4TH.

4TH OF JULY, OF COURSE. BUT I'VE BEEN THERE FOR OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO GO.

SO I JUST I THINK IT SHOULD BE THE GATEWAY PARK.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE HERONDO CATALINA PARK AND ALSO, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE JUST AN OFF HAND COMMENT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE GOING THERE PROBABLY WE SHOULD CALL IT THE HOMELESS PARK.

ANYONE ONLINE. I HAVE NONE ONLINE. I ACTUALLY HAVE LET'S SEE, FOUR THREE ECOMMENTS ONE SUPPORT, ONE NEUTRAL AND ONE MENTION ANYTHING? OKAY. CHRISTINE OR LUKE, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP AND TESTIFY.

THEY DO NOT. SO I WILL CALL THE VOTE. ALL FOR IT? AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE GO TO REFERRALS TO STAFF.

[Q. MAYOR AND COUNCIL REFERRALS TO STAFF]

WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS, AS I TALKED TO THE CITIES THAT WERE IMPACTED BY IT, THAT HAD TRANSIT STATIONS AND HAD ACTUAL FOOTPRINTS OF WHAT SB 79 WOULD DO TO THEM, THE MAJORITY OF THEM.

IN FACT, NONE OF THE ONES I TALKED TO SAID THEY DID NOTHING.

ALL OF THEM HAD TAKEN SOME ACTION. SOME HAD A DEFERMENT PLAN WHICH ALLOWS YOU, IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE, IF YOU CAN JUSTIFY THAT YOU HAVE THE ZONING ALREADY, YOU CAN DEFER TO THE NEXT HOUSING CYCLE.

AND THE OTHERS HAD AN ALTERNATE PLAN, WHICH SB 79 ALLOWS, WHICH.

WHAT IT DOES IS IT LETS THE CITY SPECIFY WHICH PROPERTIES IT APPLIES TO, RATHER THAN THE CIRCLE THAT'S DRAWN IN THE SB 79 MAPS.

SO YOU KNOW, I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO MAKE A REFERRAL TO STAFF TO COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON WHAT OUR REACTION SHOULD BE TO SB 79 AND

[03:45:01]

I LIKE THAT IDEA. I WOULD MAKE THAT REFERRAL.

OKAY. OKAY, A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL FOR IT? AYE. I HAVE A QUESTION. OH, SORRY. ASK A FEW QUESTIONS FIRST.

GO AHEAD. SO I'M LOOKING AT THE CITY MANAGER.

HAVE YOU ANY REACTION TO THIS? WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE.

WE HAVEN'T ACTED BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE. IT'S GOING TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE LAND USE QUEUE.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON MANY OTHER THINGS. SO I THINK IT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD EVENTUALLY SUGGEST THAT WE DO.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK ON IT AS TIME PERMITS.

WE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE IT FOLLOWS THE RIGHT SEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES.

OKAY, WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH NOVEMBER. WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.

AND THEN THIS IS A EFFECTIVELY A POLICY DOCUMENT.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, IF WE WERE TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THIS THROUGH OTHER ZONING AND FOLLOW ON ITEMS, WE WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT ARTICLE 27 AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS.

SO WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THIS MORE FROM A PLAN STANDPOINT THAT WOULD YOU KNOW, PROBABLY BECOMES A BIT OF A PREHEAT TO OUR NEXT HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLE, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT INCORPORATING THERE.

WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT THERE'S SOME VALIDITY TO DOING THIS.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE PATIENT WITH US BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT IN THE DEPARTMENT.

YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. SURE.

JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE EXPOSED TODAY. OH YEAH. ANY DEVELOPER COULD COME IN ON ANY PROPERTY WITHIN A HALF MILE CIRCLE AND JUST SAY RIGHT HERE IN THIS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE JUST PROTECTED FROM THE THE K LINE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO WE COULD SAY, I WANT TO PUT MULTIPLE STORIES NEXT TO A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.

THAT'S ONE STORY. AND WE IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL.

SO THE CITIES I TALKED TO WERE THEY SAID, YOU'RE BEHIND THE POWER CURVE HERE.

YOU SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING. WELL, WHAT YOU'RE BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T GET TO LIMIT IT ENTIRELY.

I MEAN, YOU'RE SAYING YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE MEETING THE INTENT OF SB 79, BUT WE CAN PICK WHICH PROPERTIES WE APPLY IT TO, WHICH IS WHAT. THAT'S THE REASON THEY TOOK IT ON.

I KNOW THEY THEY ARE PROBABLY NOT EXPERIENCING THE REST OF THE LAND USE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.

ONE OF THEM HAD ALREADY CHANGED THEIR GENERAL PLAN BECAUSE OF OUR LAWSUIT.

SO THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE, THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE AN ARTICLE 27 ANALYSIS ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CHANGES.

WELL, THAT'S OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO GET IN. I DON'T WANT TO DEBATE IT TONIGHT. I THINK WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT AN ARTICLE 27 VOTE.

OH, OKAY. ANY OTHER REFERRALS TO STAFF? COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER.

YEAH, I'VE GOT A BRR. I WOULD LIKE THE STAFF TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD COST TO REFURBISH THE REDONDO BEACH THE PIER SIGN. THIS IS THE WELCOME SIGN THAT YOU SEE AT TORRANCE AND CATALINA.

I DROVE BY RECENTLY. PAINT IS PEELING. POSSIBLE RUSTING ON IT.

SO REFURBISHMENT OF THE SIGN AND THEN AS OPTIONS AS WELL.

LOOK AT PAINTING THERE'S THE CONCRETE SUPPORT POST FOR THAT IS UGLY.

I'VE COMPLAINED. I STARE AT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO THE TWO OPTIONS WOULD BE JUST A TWO TONE SEA BLUE ON THE BOTTOM, SKY BLUE ON THE TOP.

OR POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY IN PHOTOSHOP.

I DON'T KNOW HOW EASY IT AS IN REAL PERSON. A GRADIENT BETWEEN THE TWO BLUES SO THAT IT BLENDS INTO THE BACKGROUND A LITTLE BIT MORE INSTEAD OF STANDS OUT MORE THAN THE SIGN ITSELF. I'LL SECOND THAT. IS THAT IN DISTRICT TWO? IT'S A BRR? SO IS THAT DISTRICT TWO OR DISTRICT ONE? IT'S HALF OF IT IS IN DISTRICT TWO, AND HALF OF IT'S IN DISTRICT ONE.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER SIGN? JUST UP TO CATALINA.

THAT'S EXACTLY THE SAME, EXCEPT I THINK IT SAYS HARBOR.

I HAVE NOTICED IF THAT ONE IS IN DISREPAIR, BUT.

IT'S PAINTED THE SAME. WE HAVE A LONG. IT DOESN'T LOOK TERRIBLE.

BRR'S COME TO US, CATALINA, THAT. YOU DON'T SEE THE OCEAN.

WHEN WE'RE DOING THE PIER WE ADDED THOSE TWO SIGNS ARE SAME STYLE.

WE SHOULD DO THE SAME THING TO BOTH OF THEM. WELL, ONE'S ON A BIG TALL PIER.

BRR I'M SURE CAN DISCUSS BOTH. THE BRR CAN DISCUSS BOTH.

I'M HAPPY TO EXTEND IT TO BOTH, BUT. BUT THE BUDGET, THE LAST BUDGET HEARING WAS LAST MONTH.

COUNCIL MEMBER WALLER. I KNOW. HE'S WARMING UP, I.

I THINK THE INK HAS DRIED ON OUR LAST MOTION.

I THINK IT WAS JUST I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE.

BRR NUMBER TWO. ANYTHING ELSE? THAT'S IT FOR ME, BUT I HAVEN'T NOTICED.

WHAT WAS YOUR NUMBER TWO? WE WILL RESERVE NUMBER TWO FOR.

BRR. IT WAS GOING TO BE BUT I WAS ADVISED OTHERWISE.

IN REGARDS TO H.5 UNDER CONSENT IT TALKED ABOUT THE AUTOPULSE THE SERVICE PLANS THAT WE EXTENDED AND WERE PAST.

I'D LIKE IF WE CAN INCLUDE THAT DISCUSSION OR INCLUDE IN THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT DISCUSSION THAT'S COMING UP, HOW WE PLAN AND BUDGET TO AMORTIZE THOSE UPCOMING COSTS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SMALL.

I THINK IT WAS CLOSE TO $800,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

[03:50:02]

I MEAN, AS YOU AND I BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON TODAY, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD WHEN WE EVALUATE OUR VEHICLE UNITS, WE TEND TO LOOK AT THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ADD OR SUBTRACT FROM THE SCHEDULE REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE.

THESE ARE LIKELY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED.

THEY'RE SIZABLE ENOUGH THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE NEXT UPDATE, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO INCORPORATE THAT. IT WOULD BE. THE ANALYSIS. SEPARATE THAN THE VEHICLES THEMSELVES THOUGH THESE WOULD BE SEPARATE ITEMS. THEY'D BE INDIVIDUAL. I MEAN THAT VEHICLE INVENTORY HAS A UNIT NUMBER FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS INCLUDING GENERATORS AND TRAILERS AND YOU NAME IT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. COUNCIL MEMBER OBAGI.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER BEHRENDT. AND YOU ALREADY GOT MINE, SO THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED.

SECOND. ALL FOR IT. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED. AND WE'RE GOING FOR 4:00 AGAIN? YEAH. OKAY. 4:00. SO THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL REDONDO BEACH WILL BE ADJOURNED.

REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD AT 4:00 FOR THE CLOSED SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING AT 6:00 PM ON TUESDAY, JULY 14TH, RIGHT HERE IN CITY HALL CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. WAS IT 4:00.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.